Ethical Policy
Alamanda Research in Management (ARiM) is committed to maintaining the integrity of the scholarly record and upholding responsible research and publication practices. This statement applies to all parties involved in publishing in ARiM, including authors, reviewers, editors, and the publisher. ARiM’s policies are informed by COPE guidance and other widely recognized ethical standards.
Research Ethics and Participant Protection
Ethics approval (or documented exemption/waiver). For research involving human participants, authors should obtain approval from an appropriate ethics committee/IRB before data collection. Where ethics review is not required for certain types of work under local regulations, authors must provide a clear exemption/waiver statement and describe safeguards used to minimize risk.
Informed consent and voluntary participation. Participation must be voluntary. Authors must state how informed consent was obtained and confirm that participants could refuse or withdraw without reprisal.
Power imbalance (dependent relationships). If participants may consent under pressure (e.g., employee–supervisor), authors must describe safeguards used to reduce undue influence.
Privacy and confidentiality. Authors must protect participants’ privacy and confidentiality (e.g., anonymization/pseudonymization, secure storage, limited access).
Authorship, Contributorship, and AI Use
Author contributions (CRediT required for multi-author manuscripts). For any manuscript with more than one author, ARiM requires an Author Contributions statement using the CRediT taxonomy.
No gift or ghost authorship. All listed authors must have made meaningful scholarly contributions; substantial contributors must not be omitted.
Changes to authorship. Any changes to the author list during review require written agreement from all authors and may require documentation. Changes after acceptance are permitted only in exceptional circumstances and at the editor’s discretion.
AI-assisted tools. AI tools are not eligible to be listed as authors. If AI-assisted tools were used, authors must disclose the tool and purpose and remain fully responsible for the manuscript’s accuracy, originality, and integrity.
Transparency, Funding, Data Availability, and Competing Interests
Competing interests. Authors, reviewers, and editors must disclose financial and non-financial competing interests.
Funding. Authors must disclose all sources of funding and the role of the funder (if any).
Data availability. ARiM encourages data sharing where feasible and ethical. When data cannot be shared due to confidentiality/privacy/legal constraints, authors must provide a Data Availability Statement explaining the restriction and (if possible) how qualified researchers may request access.
Duties and Responsibilities
Authors must ensure accurate reporting, follow ARiM policies, respond to editorial correspondence, and cooperate in ethics-related inquiries.
Reviewers must declare competing interests, maintain confidentiality, avoid direct contact with authors, and alert editors to suspected ethical issues.
Editors and publisher must act objectively, protect the integrity of the process, and implement corrections/retractions when needed.
Complaints, Appeals, and Ethical Concerns
Concerns, complaints, and appeals must be submitted in writing to the ARiM editorial office at contact@ptumdi.com.
- ARiM will acknowledge receipt within 7 business days and outline next steps.
- The editorial office may request information from relevant parties and, where appropriate, refer allegations of misconduct to relevant institutions or competent bodies.
- Decisions and outcomes will be communicated in writing to the complainant and relevant parties.
Privacy Statement
The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.
References
COPE Council. (2014). Guidance for editors: Research, audit and service evaluations (Version 2.0). https://doi.org/10.24318/B0fI5nuw
COPE Council. (2017). COPE ethical guidelines for peer reviewers (Version 2). https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.1.9
COPE Council. (2019). COPE guidelines: A short guide to ethical editing for new editors (Version 3). https://doi.org/10.24318/cope.2019.1.8
COPE Council. (2025). Ethics toolkit for a successful editorial office: A COPE guide (Version 3). https://doi.org/10.24318/AkFpEBd1
National Information Standards Organization. (2022). CRediT, Contributor Roles Taxonomy (ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022). https://doi.org/10.3789/ansi.niso.z39.104-2022
World Medical Association. (2024). WMA Declaration of Helsinki—Ethical principles for medical research involving human subjects. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2013.281053
