Document Type

Presentation

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Asian Academy of Management Symposium (2012)

Publisher

Asian Academy of Management

Publication Date

12-2012

First Page

1

Last Page

3

Abstract

With the fairly recent and highly publicized breaches of ethics among members of the business community, there is a need to re-examine specific strategies employed in all kinds of organizations. Many business faculty members are comfortable teaching ethics in the classroom, but are we (as scholars and educators) appropriately challenging our own ethical practices? To assist in raising awareness of ethical concerns within the AAOM, we believe it is important to focus discussions on challenging our own ethics, particularly as faculty members in our various roles. Although there are professional ethical codes, there have been few venues for dialogue. This session can heighten members’ ethical awareness and focus by bringing to light the importance of ethics in one critical area within the Academy—ethics in research and publishing.

This topic is one that many Academy members discuss and question informally. This session would be designed so that participants can ask the tough questions that need to be asked in an organized forum. This will help them “dig deep” and challenge themselves at a personal and professional level. Through this reflective progress we can become better researchers and scholars, which will in turn directly and indirectly influence others (e.g., students, colleagues, readers). Through the years we have observed that the best scholars and educators are those who persistently ask questions that help them continuously improve their practices. It is through this type of constant inquiry that awareness is raised, excellence can be attained, and ethics can be maintained. Ethics in research and publishing is one of the areas that many disciplines have recently been addressing. This panel will provide faculty, administrators, and doctoral students the forum to listen to panelists (journal editors) and then discuss current issues and challenges related to ethical decision-making and behavior of researchers and scholars. It will also provide the attendees the opportunity to challenge behaviors and practices commonly seen and held.

This ethics event will be divided into three segments. First, facilitators will briefly highlight reasons for their interest in organizing this session and then introduce the five or six panelists. Each panelists will then take five minutes to outline and discuss some of the current issues and trends related to ethics in publishing. Second, participants will be asked to meet in small groups to discuss some brief scenarios or other issues that surfaced from the panelists’ presentations. Groups will be encouraged to identify their top three issues or questions to ask to the panelists. Finally, the remaining time will be devoted to a highly interactive Q&A session with engaging dialogue between panelists and attendees.

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