Privacy Statement

 

 

  • Peer Review Policy

In upholding quality and international standards, the manuscripts submitted to BEJ undergo editorial and double-blind peer review processes. BEJ follows a double-blind peer review policy, ensuring that both reviewers and authors remain anonymous. Accordingly, all files exchanged with authors will be anonymized to prevent the identities of authors and reviewers from being disclosed to either party. The merit of submitted manuscripts will be evaluated based on the quality of their scholarly content, structure, and originality, with topics relevant to the journal's scope and policies.

BEJ will treat all submitted manuscripts and correspondence as confidential. Reviewers are urged not reveal details of the manuscript or their review reports before or even after the publication. Manuscripts will not be shared with third parties except in circumstances of investigating misconducts.

 

  • Open Access Policy

BEJ is a fully open access business journal of the College of Business Education (CBE). All articles published in this Journal will be freely available. The College of Business Education covers all publication costs, and authors will not be required to pay any charges.

 

  • Copyrights and Licensing

Authors will be allowed to retain the copyright of their materials and grant first publication right to BEJ. All works will be licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 user license.  The corresponding Author will be required to sign an agreement form that will address license and copyright issues.

 

  • Authorship and Contributor ship

The corresponding author must ensure that authorship and contributor ship, including the ordering, are agreed upon by contributors before submission. The corresponding author should ensure that only persons who significantly contributed to the paper's authorship are included. Persons who contributed to the research but did not participate in authoring a paper may be listed in the acknowledgements section. A person whose name has been included as one of the authors without his/her consent may petition the Editor-in-Chief. The corresponding author must add all the contributors and their valid email addresses during submission. BEJ will ensure that listed contributors are notified about every stage of the editorial process. 

 

  • Declaration of Conflict of Interests

Authors, editors and reviewers will be responsible for disclosing any conflict of interest they might have concerning a particular manuscript. BEJ adheres to the overall definition of conflict of interest, stating that: “Conflicts of interest arise when authors, reviewers, or editors have interests that are not fully apparent and that may influence their judgments on what is published.” The author who fails to disclose his/her conflict of interests will be deemed to have violated the Journal’s publication policies.

 

  • Complaint Handling

The Editor-in-Chief will handle all complaints on publication processes and will be responsible for providing timely feedback about the complaints raised. Complaints regarding author's research misconduct i.e. violation of research or publication ethics, will be referred to the Editorial Board. If the Editor engages in research misconducts, please submit your complaint direct to the office of Director of Research, Publications and Consultancy of the University of Dodoma (Email: journaleditor@cbe..ac.tz ). The journal manager will investigate the matter and take appropriate action. 

All allegations of research misconduct brought to the attention of BEJ before or after the publication will be handled seriously. A whistleblower who chooses to remain anonymous will not be disclosed. All allegations will be investigated, including allowing the author to explain, justify or defend against the accusations. If allegations against the author are proven, the publication of his/her paper will be terminated/unpublished. Author(s) who have participated in academic dishonesty will be barred from publishing their future works with BEJ.