Ethical standards for publishing in the Burapha Journal of Business Management

Duties and responsibilities of authors/article owners
1. The authors must pay close attention to the accuracy of their work's information and research results and clearly indicate the information's source. Do not distort information or provide false information.
2. The authors must prevent academic dishonesty, such as copyright infringement, data breach, and violation of the trust of the academic community.
3. The authors must certify that the submitted work is original, does not overlap with other works, and has not previously been published or is being considered for publication in other journals.
4. All authors whose names appear in the article must be participants in the academic work.
5. Authors who use the work of others in their articles must have a complete and accurate list of references, both in-text citations and the references list.
6. If the work has errors or inaccuracies, the authors must make appropriate corrections and improvements.
7. The authors must write the article correctly according to the format specified by the Burapha Journal of Business Management.
If copyright infringement is found, or the comments in the articles are contrary to ethics, it is deemed to be the opinion and direct responsibility of the article’s authors, not the opinion or responsibility of the Faculty of Business Administration, Burapha University

Duties of Reviewers
1. The reviewers must check the quality and accuracy of the article submitted to the journal.
2. The reviewers should provide useful advice and suggestions to the authors for a better academic quality article.
3. The reviewers must maintain confidentiality regarding the assigned article review and not disclose any information about articles or reviews given to persons without rights.
4. The reviewers are responsible for deciding on the rejection or approval of the article by using standardized criteria based on accepted academic principles.
5. The reviewers can refuse to review the article if conflicts of interest are found, or the article does not meet the academic principles' quality.
6. The reviewers must notify the editor if any part of the article is found to be plagiarized or duplicated from other works to allow for inspection and improvement as appropriate.

Duties of Editors
1. The editors are responsible for selecting quality articles by considering the relevance of the scope and characteristics of the journal, and academic quality.
2. The editors must develop and improve the journal's quality regularly and certify the quality of articles published in the journal.
3. The editors must maintain independence with no personal or organizational interests and are not biased in decisions on the publication of articles.
4. The editors must be open to comments and suggestions from reviewers and use them to help continually improve the journal's quality.
5. The editors must be willing to correct the publishing errors, clarify, remove, or withdraw articles, and apologize if necessary.
6. The editors must preserve the intellectual property rights of the authors and prevent infringement of those rights in the event of infringement.
7. The editors must maintain confidentiality regarding unpublished articles and not disclose information or the authors’ personal information without permission.
8. If there is an error, sentences that lead to misunderstandings, or reports that distort the facts in an article that has already been published, the editors must correct and clarify them immediately.
9. The editors have systems for managing conflicts of interest among editors, journal staff, authors, reviewers, and the editorial team.