Ceddi Journal of Management and Business Adaptation (CJMBA) is committed to maintaining high standards of integrity, transparency, accountability, and ethical conduct throughout the scholarly publishing process. This statement defines the ethical responsibilities of authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher, Yayasan Cendekiawan Inovasi Digital Indonesia.
The journal follows internationally recognized principles of responsible scholarly publishing and is guided by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). These principles apply to all stages of manuscript submission, editorial assessment, peer review, publication, and post-publication management.
Authorship must accurately reflect substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work; acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data; drafting or critically revising the manuscript; and accountability for the published work. All listed authors must approve the final version of the manuscript and agree to its submission and publication.
Individuals who contributed to the work but do not meet the criteria for authorship should be acknowledged appropriately. Guest, honorary, gift, and ghost authorship are not permitted. Requests to add, remove, or rearrange authors after submission must be supported by an appropriate explanation and agreement of the authors concerned and are subject to editorial approval.
CJMBA does not tolerate research or publication misconduct, including fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, duplicate or redundant publication, inappropriate authorship, citation manipulation, peer-review manipulation, unauthorized use of data or materials, unethical research practices, or deliberate misrepresentation of research findings.
Allegations of misconduct will be assessed fairly and confidentially. Where appropriate, the journal may request clarification or supporting documentation from the authors and may consult reviewers, Editorial Board members, the publisher, relevant institutions, research integrity offices, ethics committees, funding bodies, or other competent authorities. Appropriate editorial action will be taken according to the evidence available and relevant COPE guidance.
Submitted manuscripts are screened using similarity-detection software such as Turnitin and/or iThenticate. Similarity reports are assessed by the editorial team and are not interpreted solely on the basis of a numerical similarity percentage. Editorial assessment considers the nature, extent, context, and source of overlapping material.
Manuscripts containing plagiarism, inappropriate text reuse, or other substantial unattributed material may be rejected or subjected to appropriate editorial action. Concerns identified after publication may result in correction, expression of concern, retraction, or other appropriate action.
Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose financial, professional, institutional, personal, or other relationships that could reasonably be perceived as influencing their work, judgment, or editorial decisions. Relevant conflicts must be appropriately managed to protect the independence and integrity of the publication process.
Research involving human participants, personal data, confidential organizational information, or other ethically sensitive materials must comply with applicable institutional, national, and international ethical requirements. Where required, authors must obtain approval from an appropriate ethics committee or institutional review body and obtain informed consent from participants.
Authors must protect participant privacy and confidentiality and should provide information regarding ethical approval, informed consent, or an appropriate exemption in the manuscript when applicable.
CJMBA supports research transparency, reproducibility, and responsible data sharing. Authors should preserve the data and materials underlying their research in accordance with applicable ethical, legal, institutional, and disciplinary requirements.
Where appropriate and legally and ethically permissible, authors are encouraged to make supporting data available through suitable repositories or provide reasonable access to the data necessary to verify the reported findings. Published articles should include a Data Availability Statement describing the availability of supporting data or explaining applicable restrictions.
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) and other automated tools cannot be listed or credited as authors because they cannot assume responsibility or accountability for scholarly work. Authors remain fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, integrity, citations, and content of their manuscripts.
Authors must disclose substantive use of generative AI or AI-assisted technologies in the preparation of a manuscript beyond routine spelling, grammar, language correction, or formatting. AI-generated output must be critically verified by the authors, and generative AI must not be treated as an authoritative scholarly source.
Reviewers and editors must protect the confidentiality of unpublished manuscripts and should not upload manuscripts, review reports, or confidential editorial materials into public or third-party generative AI systems where doing so could compromise confidentiality, intellectual property, privacy, or data protection. Any permitted use of automated tools in editorial workflows must remain subject to appropriate human oversight.
Authors must respect intellectual property rights and obtain permission where required for copyrighted material included in their manuscripts. Authors retain copyright in articles published by CJMBA and grant the journal the right of first publication.
Articles published by CJMBA are made immediately available as open access under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). Reuse of published material must comply with the terms of this license.
CJMBA is committed to preserving the accuracy and integrity of the scholarly record. When concerns arise after publication, the journal may issue a correction, expression of concern, retraction, or, in exceptional circumstances, article removal, depending on the nature and severity of the issue.
Retractions and other post-publication actions are undertaken to correct and preserve the scholarly record and are handled in accordance with the journal's Retraction and Withdrawal Policy and relevant COPE guidance.
Authors, reviewers, readers, and other stakeholders may submit complaints concerning the journal's editorial process, publication ethics, published content, or the conduct of individuals involved in the publication process. Complaints will be handled objectively, confidentially, and in a timely manner by an appropriate editor or publisher representative who is not directly involved in the matter where a conflict of interest exists.
Authors may appeal an editorial decision when they believe that a significant error has occurred in the evaluation of their manuscript. Appeals must provide a clear scholarly justification and will be considered independently where appropriate. An appeal does not guarantee reversal of the original editorial decision.
CJMBA welcomes responsible scholarly discussion concerning published articles. Readers may submit substantive concerns, comments, or evidence relating to the accuracy, integrity, or ethical status of published work to the editorial office. Where appropriate, the journal may invite the authors to respond and may publish or otherwise communicate corrections, responses, expressions of concern, or other editorial notices necessary to maintain the integrity of the scholarly record.
Editorial decisions are made independently on the basis of scholarly merit, relevance to the journal's aims and scope, methodological and academic quality, research integrity, and the journal's editorial policies. The publisher, sponsors, institutional relationships, advertising, publication fees, or other commercial considerations do not determine whether an individual manuscript is accepted or rejected.
Further information regarding CJMBA's editorial and publication policies is available on the following pages:
Questions, ethical concerns, complaints, or allegations of publication misconduct may be directed to the CJMBA editorial office at admin@ceddi.id.
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