Business Ethics

Edited by:
Christopher Cowton

Print ISSN: 0962-8770
Online ISSN: 1467-8608
Frequency: Quarterly
Current Volume: 18 / 2009

TopAuthor Guidelines

Manuscripts submitted for publication may be sent as an e-mail attachment in Microsoft Word to the Editor at beer@hud.ac.uk

Alternatively two copies together with a disk may be sent to the Editor:
Professor Christopher Cowton
Huddersfield University Business School
Queensgate
Huddersfield, HD1 3DH
UK

Length
Refereed academic articles will usually be 4000-8000 words. Other contributions will be of appropriate length. A word count is requested on the title page of each contribution.

Format of submission
The first page of the manuscript should include the title, the authors' names, job titles, their institutions, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses. No mention of authors' names should be made in the body of the paper, except in citations and references, if appropiate.

The second page should repeat the title and contain a clear and informative abstract of 100-150 words.

Footnotes
These should be organised as endnotes on a separate page at the end of the body of the article. They should not be used merely to cite bibliographical references (see below) and should be kept to a minimum.

Headings
Heading and paragraphs should not be numbered. There should be no more than three (clearly marked) levels of subheading in the text of the article.

Tables and figures
Tables should be numbered using arabic numerals and given a short explanatory title. Figures should also be numbered using arabic numerals and given a short explanatory title.

Tables and figures should be collected together at the end of the paper on separate pages. Authors are asked to indicate where in the text they would like them to be placed, e.g. 'Insert Table 1 here'.

Citations in text
Literature should be cited in the text as in the following examples:
Single author: (Brown 2001)
Two authors: (Smith & Young 2002)
Three or more authors: (Khan et al. 2001)
Author names as part of sentence: Brown (2001: 40) states '...'

Footnotes should not be used for references.
Numbering systems should not be used.

References in Articles
There are several software packages available to help authors manage and format the references and footnotes in their journal article. We recommend the use of a software tool such as EndNote or Reference Manager for reference management and formatting.

EndNote reference styles can be searched for here:
http://www.endnote.com/support/enstyles.asp

Reference Manager reference styles can be searched for here:
http://www.refman.com/support/rmstyles.asp

References
These should be gathered together at the end of the main body of the text. Authors' co-operation in complying with the following guidelines would be appreciated:

Books:
Sparkes, R. 2002. Socially Responsible Investment: A Global Revolution. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.

Chapters in Books:
Garnett, J. 1998. 'Victorian business ethics.' In C. Cowton & R. Crisp (Eds.), Business Ethics: Perspectives on the Practice of Theory: 117-138. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Articles:
Winstanley, D., J. Clark & H Leeson. 2002. 'Approaches to child labour in the supply chain.' Business Ethics: a European Review, 11:3, 210-223.

Rejected manuscripts are not returned.

Copyright Transfer Agreement

Authors will be required to sign a Copyright Transfer Agreement (CTA) for all papers accepted for publication. Signature of the CTA is a condition of publication and papers will NOT be passed to the publisher for production unless a signed form has been received. After submission authors will retain the right to publish their paper in various media/circumstances (please see the CTA for further details). To assist authors an appropriate form will be supplied by the editorial office. Alternatively, authors may like to download a copy of the form here. Please return all completed and signed forms to:

Professor Chris Cowton
Business Ethics: A European Review
The Business School
University of Huddersfield
Queensgate
Huddersfield
HD1 3DH
UK

Review form
A copy of the review form used by referees can be downloaded here.

Author Services
Author Services enables authors to track their article - once it has been accepted - through the production process to publication online and in print. Authors can check the status of their articles online and choose to receive automated e-mails at key stages of production. The author will receive an e-mail with a unique link that enables them to register and have their article automatically added to the system. Please ensure that a complete e-mail address is provided when submitting the manuscript. Visit http://authorservices.wiley.com/bauthor/ for more details on online production tracking and for a wealth of resources including FAQs and tips on article preparation, submission and more.

Early View
Business Ethics: A European Review is covered by Wiley-Blackwell's Early View service. Early View articles are complete full-text articles published online in advance of their publication in a printed issue. Articles are therefore available as soon as they are ready, rather than having to wait for the next scheduled print issue. Early View articles are complete and final. They have been fully reviewed, revised and edited for publication, and the authors' final corrections have been incorporated. Because they are in final form, no changes can be made after online publication. The nature of Early View articles means that they do not yet have volume, issue or page numbers, so Early View articles cannot be cited in the traditional way. They are therefore given a Digital Object Identifier (DOI), which allows the article to be cited and tracked before it is allocated to an issue. After print publication, the DOI remains valid and can continue to be used to cite and access the article.