The International Journal of Global Accounting, Management, Education, and Entrepreneurship (IJGAME2) is committed to maintaining high standards of research integrity and ethical conduct. Research involving human participants must be conducted responsibly and in accordance with relevant ethical principles, institutional requirements, and applicable regulations.

1. Ethical Approval

Authors are responsible for determining whether their research requires ethical approval from an institutional ethics committee, research ethics board, or other authorized institution.

Ethical approval should be obtained before data collection when a study involves human participants, personal or identifiable information, educational interventions, interviews, surveys, experiments, or other research activities that may involve potential risks to participants.

Where ethical approval is applicable, authors should provide the name of the approving institution and approval number in the manuscript.

2. Informed Consent

Researchers must ensure that participants receive sufficient information about the research before participation. This should include the purpose of the study, research procedures, potential risks or benefits, voluntary participation, and the right to withdraw.

Appropriate informed consent should be obtained before collecting data. For research involving minors or participants who cannot provide consent independently, consent should be obtained from a parent, guardian, or legally authorized representative where required.

3. Protection of Participants and Data

Authors must protect the privacy, confidentiality, and dignity of research participants. Personal information should be anonymized or securely handled and should only be disclosed when permitted by the participant or applicable regulations.

Research data must be collected, stored, analyzed, and reported responsibly. Authors are also responsible for ensuring that the use of research data does not expose participants to unnecessary risks.

4. Research Not Requiring Ethical Approval

Certain studies, such as literature reviews, conceptual papers, analyses of publicly available documents, or research using fully anonymized secondary data, may not require formal ethical approval.

In such cases, authors should clearly indicate in the manuscript that ethical approval was not required and briefly explain the basis for this determination where appropriate.

5. Ethical Compliance and Editorial Review

Authors are responsible for ensuring that their research complies with applicable ethical standards before submitting a manuscript to IJGAME2.

The editorial team may request additional information or documentation concerning ethical approval, informed consent, or data protection when necessary. Manuscripts that raise substantial ethical concerns may be subject to further investigation and appropriate editorial action.

IJGAME2 is committed to maintaining research integrity throughout the submission, peer-review, and publication process, consistent with its broader publication ethics principles concerning responsible research, confidentiality, originality, and integrity