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Ethical Practices, Standards, and Social Relevance of Contemporary Management Research

D Tripati Rao* and Anamika Srivastava**

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62206/sajm.30.4.2023.172-187

PUBLISHED : 26 Feb 2024

Abstract

Management research has witnessed exponential growth over the past decade; especially Covid-19 pandemic times witnessed an increased productivity in terms of research output. The prime concern, however, remains, i.e., to differentiate the research contributing to business and societal concerns from the mountains of mundane documents. We critically examine the extent to which the prevalent contemporary management research publications in terms of the quality of research and compliance with ethical standards. Further, we discuss the factors that aggravate and perpetuate the problem of unethical research practices. We emphasize the role of all the stakeholders including journal editors, publishers, researchers and academia at large. Lastly, we proffer to the community of researchers the universally accepted set of research norms to further the best research practices so as to enhance the quality of management research in future, and in turn, spearhead business and societal progress

Key Words

Management research, Ethical standards, Ethical practices, Researcher, Editor, Publisher, Journals

Author Biography

D Tripati Rao
Professor of Economics, Business Environment Area, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, India; and is the corresponding author. E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Anamika Srivastava
IITB-Monash University Research Academy Ph.D. Scholar, Economics Department, Indian, Institute of Technology Bombay, India. E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

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