MANDEKA: Journal of Management, Accounting, and Economics aims to be a leading peer-reviewed journal and an authoritative source of original research in the fields of management, accounting, and economics. To ensure the highest standards of research integrity, fairness, transparency, and accountability, this journal upholds strict ethical codes for all parties involved in the publication process, including authors, editors, reviewers, and the publisher.

This statement is based on the Best Practice Guidelines issued by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

• Originality and Plagiarism: Authors must ensure that their submitted work is entirely original. If authors have used the work and/or words of others, this must be appropriately cited or quoted.
• Multiple or Concurrent Publication: Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is strictly unacceptable. The work must not have been published elsewhere in any language.
• Authorship of the Paper: Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All co-authors must approve the final version of the paper and agree to its submission for publication.
• Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest: All authors must disclose any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript.

• Publication Decisions: The editors are responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published, heavily guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and validated peer-review reports.
• Fair Play: Editors evaluate manuscripts solely for their intellectual and scientific content, without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.
• Confidentiality: Editors and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, and other editorial advisers.

• Contribution to Editorial Decisions: Peer review assists the editors in making editorial decisions and, through editorial communications with the authors, may also assist authors in improving the quality of the paper.
• Promptness: Any selected reviewer who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse themselves from the review process.
• Confidentiality and Objectivity: Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. Reviews must be conducted objectively, with clear, supporting arguments and no personal criticism of the author.