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CALL FOR PROPOSALS – DUE MARCH 1, 2009
BUSINESS ETHICS QUARTERLY 2010 ANNUAL REVIEW ISSUE
Business Ethics Quarterly invites authors to submit proposals for manuscripts that provide comprehensive and insightful scholarly surveys of topics relevant to business ethics research, to be published in an annual review section of the journal during 2010. Articles in the annual review section should summarize recent important research on a topic relevant to business ethics (broadly defined), develop linkages between that topic and other important topics and issues, and provide valuable directions for future research on the topic. Work from both the social sciences and humanities is welcome; authors should consult BEQ's "information for contributors" page to see the range of topics BEQ considers for publication (www.businessethicsquarterly.org). Proposals are due March 1, 2009.
Proposals should be five to ten pages long (double-spaced), not including references. Please limit references to one page, single-spaced, highlighting the most significant works in the topic area you propose to survey. Any necessary tables or charts also should be in an appendix, and should be limited in number.
Submit proposals to managing editor Elizabeth Scott at BEQmanagingedit@easternct.edu. Proposals will be reviewed by the editor and associate or advisory editors or editorial board members. Accepted proposals will then go through the process below. Strict adherence to the timeline (below) is essential in order to meet publication deadlines. Proposals will be evaluated on the following criteria:
1) Importance: The proposed review manuscript must address an important and substantial area of research, integrating a wide range of research on that topic in a way that makes a clear contribution to the advancement of theory and research relevant to business ethics. The contribution to advancing theory and research is essential; proposals that merely summarize existing research will not be accepted, and manuscripts that fail to advance theory and research will be rejected despite earlier approval of a proposal. Please note that during 2008 and 2009, BEQ is publishing reviews on moral identity, whistleblowing, neuroscientific approaches to ethics, organizational justice research, evolutionary approaches to ethics, and the ethics of emotional influence in organizations. Thus we are not likely to accept a proposal on one of these topics unless it takes a radically different approach to the issue.
2) Organization: The proposal should be clearly organized, well-argued, and engage the relevant existing research well.
3) Feasibility: The proposal should be defined precisely enough that the editors will be able to judge its feasibility with respect to the publication timeline (below).
The review and publication timeline for the annual review section is as follows; strict adherence to this timeline is essential for a successful proposal and manuscript:
March 1, 2009 Proposals due to Business Ethics Quarterly by email to BEQmanagingedit@easternct.edu.
April 15, 2009 Decisions on proposals provided to authors, including feedback for use in developing the initial draft of the review.
September 1, 2009 First draft of the review due.
November 1, 2009 Feedback to authors regarding first draft.
December 15, 2009 Revised second draft due, followed by publication in an annual review section of Business Ethics Quarterly during 2010.