Authors should kindly note that submission of an article to Journal of Business, Ethics and Society implies that the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere and that it has been approved by all the co-authors and necessary permissions have been taken from the institute where the work has been carried out.

Before submission, authors must ensure that their manuscript is aligned with the Aims and Scope of the journal and formatted as per the Submission Guidelines. Authors must also ensure that the manuscript is free of any plagiarized content and meets the globally accepted publishing norms. Manuscripts not confirming to the guidelines may not be reviewed.

Manuscripts and all editorial correspondence should be addressed tojbes.submission@bmu.edu.in.

Language - English (UK)

Subject - Interdisciplinary

Book reviews must contain name of author/editor and book reviewed, place of publication and publisher, year of publication, number of pages and price. Book Reviews of approx. 2000–4000 words may be submitted at payalk1@gmail.com).

After an article is submitted for publication in Journal of Business, Ethics and Society, the first round of assessment is done by the journal editor/s keeping into consideration the Aims and Scope of the journal and other basic requirements like word count, language clarity, originality, format and presentation. Manuscripts not meeting the set standards are likely to be desk rejected.

The text (including notes and references) should be typed in Times New Roman, 12 pt with 1.15 line spacing.

Format

The preferred format for manuscripts (text, tables, figures and appendices) is MS Word and JPEG/TIFF for photographs, which must be provided separately and labelled appropriately. The minimum resolution requirements for photographs are 300 dpi and 1500 pixels.

Manuscripts meeting the basic standards prescribed for Journal of Business, Ethics and Society are then sent to at least two independent subject experts for a double-blind peer review. At this stage, the reviewers evaluate the manuscripts and provide a detailed feedback with recommendation to accept the manuscript (as is) or reject it or suggest revising and resubmitting the article. The journal editor/s share reviewers’ reports with the authors, who then incorporate the suggested changes and resubmit the articles which are evaluated again by the same reviewers and finally accepted/rejected for publication. On intimation of acceptance, the authors are required to submit their article complete in all respects with self-identifying information and the consent to publish.

Title Page

The journal follows a double-blind review process. Authors are therefore requested not to mention their names or self-identifying citations and references in the article text. The title page of the manuscript should mention a short and informative article title, running head, names and affiliation details of author/s and the institutional email address and contact number of the corresponding author. Acknowledgements, if any, and any other author identifying information should be mentioned on the title page itself.

Once the manuscript is evaluated and accepted for publication, the author will need to re-insert the self-identifying information in the article before submission.

Abstract

All articles must be accompanied with an abstract of about 150–200 words, highlighting the key points from the sections within the article.

Keywords

Keywords are crucial for improving the online visibility of the article thereby increasing the possibility of citations. Authors must provide 5–6 relevant keywords for the articles.

Manuscript Length/Word Count

The word count of articles should be in the range of 5,000–7,000 words. Book Reviews should be between 2,000 and 4,000 words.

Section Headings

The following style should be followed for the section headings within an article.

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Spellings and Punctuation

Quotations

Use double quotation marks for direct quotations and single quotation marks for quotations within quotations and for words and phrases used in a special sense.

Quotations of more than 40 words should be indented and separated from the main text.

Each figure and table should be numbered and mentioned in the text, accompanied by explanatory legends and footnotes. Source details must be mentioned for all the tables and figures, if taken from other sources. “Author’s own” should be mentioned in case the table or figure has been developed by the author.

The style for table and figure heads is as follows:

Table 1: Financial Inclusion Schemes Launched by the Government of India

Figure 1: Framework of the Study

Photographs

Photographs should be submitted separately in JPEG or TIFF format with minimum resolution of 300 dpi and 1,500 pixels. Photographs in colour as well as grayscale are acceptable.

Appendices

Supplementary material should be mentioned in the form of Appendix or Annexure and provided before the notes and references in the articles.

Notes

Authors should use endnotes instead of footnotes. Notes must be indicated by consecutive superscript numbers in the text and listed before the References.

In-text Citations

Authors must ensure that all references to others’ works must be cited in the text using author–date style.

Citation styles:

One Work by One Author: (Walker, 2007, p. 120 )

One Work by Multiple Authors: (Walker and Allen, 2004, pp. 120–124 )

One Work by Three or More Authors: First instance: (Bradley, Ramirez, Soo and Walsh, 2006). After that: (Bradley et al., 2006)

One Work by Six or More Authors: Only the surname of the first author followed by et al. is to be cited even in the first citation. (Wasserstein et al., 2005)

Groups (readily identified through abbreviation) as Authors: (NIMH, 2003)

Groups (no abbreviation) as Authors: (University of Pittsburg, 2005)

Works with No Identified Author: Cite the first few words of the reference list entry (usually the title) and the year, for example (‘Study Finds’, 2007).

Two or More Works by Different Authors in One Citation: (Miller, 1999; Shafranske and Mahoney, 1998)

Two or More Works by the Same Author(s) in One Citation: (Gogel, 1990, 2006, in press)

Two or More Works Published in the Same Year by the Same Author(s): (Derryberry and Reed, 2005a, 2005b; Rothbart, 2003a, 2003b))

Authors with the Same Last Name: To avoid confusion, use initials with the last names: (E. Johnson, 2001; L. Johnson, 1998).

Personal Communications: T.K. Lutes (personal communication, 18 April 2001); (V.G. Nguyen, personal communication, 28 September 1998)

A consolidated listing of all books, articles, essays, theses and documents referred to (including any referred to in the tables, graphs and maps) should be provided at the end of the article. Personal communications are not included in the reference list.

Order of References: As per author’s surname
Brown, J.R. (2020).
Browning, A.R. (2019).

Girard, J.B. (2019).
Girard-Perregauz, A.S. (2018).

MacArthur, A. (2017).
McAllister, B. (2016).

One-author entries precede multiple-author entries:
Alleyne, R.L. (2001).
Alleyne, R.L. & Evans, A.J. (1999).

Book (Print Version)
Shotton, M.A. (1989). Computer addiction? A study of computer dependency. London, England: Taylor & Francis.

Calfee, R.C., & Valencia, R.R. (1991). APA guide to preparing manuscripts for journal publication. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Book (Electronic Version)

Shotton, M.A. (1989). Computer addiction? A study of computer dependency [DX Reader version]. Retrieved from http://www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk/html/index.asp

Chapter in an Edited Book

Haybron, D.M. (2008). Philosophy and the science of subjective well-being. In M. Eid & R.J. Larsen (Eds.), The science of subjective well-being (pp. 17–43). New York, NY: Guilford Press.

Journal Article without DOI

Sillick, T.J., & Schutte, N.S. (2006). Emotional intelligence and self-esteem mediate between perceived early parental love and adult happiness. E-Journal of Applied Psychology, 2(2), 38–48. Retrieved from http://ojs.lib.swin.edu.au/index.php/ejap

Journal Article with DOI

Herbst-Damm, K.L., & Kulik, J.A. (2005). Volunteer support, marital status, and the survival times of terminally ill patients. Health Psychology, 24, 225–229. doi: 10.1037/0278-6133.24.2.225

Journal Article with DOI, Advance Online Publication

Von Ledebur, S.C. (2007). Optimizing knowledge transfer by new employees in companies. Knowledge Management Research & Practice. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1057/palgrave.kmrp.8500141

Journal Article (in press)

Briscoe, R. (in press). Egocentric spatial representation in action and perception. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research. Retrieved from http://cogprint.org/5780/1/ECSRAP.F07.pdf

Newspaper Article

Schwartz, J. (1993, September 30). Obesity affects economic, social status. The Washington Post, pp. A1, A4.

Online Newspaper Article

Brody, J.E. (2007, December 11). Mental reserves keep brains agile. The New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com

Issue Brief

Employee Benefit Research Institute. (1992, February). Sources of health insurance and characteristics of the uninsured (Issue Brief No. 123). Washington, DC: Author.

Doctoral Dissertation (from an institutional database)

Adams, R.J. (1973). Building a foundation for evaluation of instruction in higher education and continuing education (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/

Conference Paper Abstract Retrieved Online

Liu, S. (2005, May). Defending against business crises with the help of intelligent agent based early warning solutions. Paper presented at the Seventh International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, Miami, FL. Abstract retrieved from http://www.iceis.org/iceis2005/abstracts_2005.htm

Proceedings Published Regularly Online

Herculano-Houzel, S. Collins, C.E., Wong, P., Kaas, J.H., & Lent, R. (2008). The basic nonuniformity of the cerebral cortex. Proceedings of the national Academy of Sciences, USA, 105, 12593–12598. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0805417105