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This panel will explain both the anatomy of ethics within the AIB and the operation of ethical processes. As AIB members, many of you will know that the Academy has three codes of ethics: the Member Code of Ethics, Leadership Code of Ethics and the Journals Code of Ethics covering its three journals. Our panel will kick off with an explanation of the nature of these three codes (to be found at: https://www.aib.world/about/policies/). We will also explain how AIB generates, revises and updates, its ethical rules and how it implements and enforces them. One thing that we all learn is that it is surprisingly easy, if not to transgress, then to come perilously close to transgressing. Understanding the pitfalls that are out there is particularly important today, given digitalisation and – dare we say it – the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). Our panellists are right at the heart of the ethical dimension to the AIB. Rosalie Tung, as Editor-in-Chief (EIC) of the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) is alerted to possible violations of the Journal’s Code of Ethics. Ari Van Assche has a parallel brief as EIC of the Journal of International Business Policy (JIBP), and Gary Knight, as President-Elect is knowledgeable of the ethical processes within the AIB, across each of the ethical codes, and how AIB handles ethical cases. Our panel will look at the relevant history of AIB’s codes, consider those types of instances that arise most frequently and that we all need to guard against, as AIB members, if we are AIB leaders (and who qualifies as a leader is broader than you might think) and when we submit to the journals. Examples of violations will highlight the salience of the codes today including potential breaches when making conference submissions, as well as to the journals. Beyond this, one increasingly sensitive area is manuscripts that introduce one’s political/ideological biases and opinions, other than evidenced-based findings. Our journals and our organization aim to adopt a politically/ideologically neutral stance.
Presentations
Panellists:
Jeremy Clegg1, Gary Knight2, Ari Van Assche3, Pawan Budhwar4
1University of Leeds, United Kingdom; 2Willamette University, USA; 3HEC Montréal, Canada; 4Aston University;
This panel will explain both the anatomy of ethics within the AIB and the operation of ethical processes. As AIB members, many of you will know that the Academy has three codes of ethics: the Member Code of Ethics, Leadership Code of Ethics and the Journals Code of Ethics covering its three journals. Our panel will kick off with an explanation of the nature of these three codes (to be found at: https://www.aib.world/about/policies/). We will also explain how AIB generates, revises and updates, its ethical rules and how it implements and enforces them. One thing that we all learn is that it is surprisingly easy, if not to transgress, then to come perilously close to transgressing. Understanding the pitfalls that are out there is particularly important today, given digitalisation and – dare we say it – the rise of artificial intelligence (AI).
