Electronic publishing of AJoBE and Open Access!!!

The editorial board agreed unanimously in December 2008 to convert the Journal to an electronic format. AJoBE entered into an agreement with Globethics.net, which will act as international network organisation to facilitate the publishing process, which includes the journal editing process, on an electronic editorial workflow platform. The service provider that is responsible for the implementation and maintenance of the electronic editorial workflow platform is MEDKNOW (based in India). 

The journal will soon be available in electronic format with open access – this implies that fulltext articles that have been published in AJoBE will be available in PDF format as free downloads. The objective is to increase global access to the African Journal of Business Ethics and to promote the field of business ethics through broad-based sharing of knowledge. The African Journal of Business Ethics will as a matter of course be linked with various databases and search engines

A limited number of hard copies of new editions will still be printed and will be available on request at a nominal charge.

Important: All registered users of the Globethics.net website (registration is free) that wish to download (at no cost) articles previously published in AJoBE may do so with immediate effect.
 
Accreditation

The editorial board of AJoBE is delighted to inform you that the journal has recently (April 2008) been included in the list of journals endorsed by the IBSS (International Bibliography of the Social Sciences). This implies that, where applicable, and depending on the publication subsidy practices followed by the authors’ home countries and their tertiary institutions, authors’ (academic/research) institutions may claim subsidy from the governing bodies that allocate research funding.

BEN-Africa Papers

Since AJoBE is the official journal of BEN-Africa we urge you to consider submitting your BEN-Africa Accra, ghana 2009 conference papers for consideration. The 2009 BEN-Africa Conference has been scheduled for Accra, Ghana from 3-5 August. Please follow the Guide for Authors when preparing submissions. See also the sections on Mentorship for young authors, useful sources that could be consulted for guidelines on writing papers and reporting research results, and language editing and referencing sections below. 

New editions 

The journal has recently (November 2008) published its third edition (Volume 3, Number 1). The intention is to publish (Volume 4, Number 2) in May 2009 and (Volume 4, Number 2) in September 2009. Please note that although special editions of AJoBE are planned for 2009/2010, the journal will continue to accept manuscripts for consideration in regular editions over and above the themes dedicated to the special editions.  

Special edition 2009 – Business Ethics in Small and Medium Enterprises

The 2008 BEN-Africa conference coincided with the ISBEE Conference that was  held in Cape Town, South Africa from 15-17 July 2008. To commemorate this occasion it was decided to allocate a special edition of AJoBE to one of the ISBEE conference’s major themes, i.e. Business Ethics in Small and Medium Enterprises. The guest editor of this special edition will be This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it   of the Brunel University of London. Papers relevant to this theme should be submitted to Prof Spence without delay.

Special editions 2010 

Depending on the success of the 2008 special edition, the editorial team will seriously consider publishing further special editions in 2010 and beyond. Possibilities for themes of such special editions are Ethics in Accounting and Auditing as well as Whistleblowing.