Publication Ethics

Publication Ethics: Journal of Management and Business

The Journal of Management and Business (MASS) is a peer-reviewed national journal, available online and published two times a year. This statement clarifies the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in this journal, including the author, the chief editor, the Editorial Board, the peer reviewers, and the publisher. This statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Ethical Guidelines for Journal Publication

The publication of an article in the peer-reviewed Journal of Management and Business is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. Therefore, it is important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer reviewer, the publisher, and the society.

Universitas Bhakti Asih Tangerang, as the publisher of the Journal of Management and Business, takes its duties of guardianship over all stages of publishing seriously and recognizes its ethical and other responsibilities. We are committed to ensuring that advertising, reprints, or other commercial revenue have no impact or influence on editorial decisions. In addition, Universitas Bhakti Asih Tangerang and the Editorial Board will assist in communications with other journals and/or publishers where this is useful and necessary.

Publication Decisions

The editor of the Journal of Management and Business is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The validation of the work and its importance to researchers and readers must drive such decisions. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as libel, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making these decisions.

Fair Play

An editor at any time evaluates manuscripts based on their intellectual content without regard to the race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality

The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions

Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions, and the communications with the author may help improve the paper.

Promptness

Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research or knows that a prompt review is not possible should notify the editor and withdraw from the review process.

Confidentiality

Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

Standards of Objectivity

Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgment of Sources

Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument has been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. Reviewers should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper they know.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest

Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts where they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships with any of the authors, companies, or institutions involved.

Duties of Authors

Reporting Standards

Authors should present an accurate account of the work performed and an objective discussion of its significance. Data should be represented accurately. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements are unethical and unacceptable.

Originality and Plagiarism

Authors should ensure that their work is original. If they use the work or words of others, it must be appropriately cited or quoted.

Multiple, Redundant, or Concurrent Publication

Authors should not submit the same research to more than one journal. Submitting the same manuscript to multiple journals is unethical and unacceptable.

Acknowledgment of Sources

Authors should always give proper acknowledgment to the work of others and cite publications that have influenced their work.

Authorship of the Paper

Authorship should be limited to those who have contributed significantly to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the study. All significant contributors should be listed as co-authors. The corresponding author must ensure that all co-authors have approved the final version and agree to its submission for publication.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest

Authors must disclose any financial or substantive conflicts of interest that could influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support should be disclosed.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works

When authors discover significant errors in their published work, they are obligated to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate in retracting or correcting the paper.