Journal of Marketing Channels

Call for Papers

Special Issue: “Ethics and Social Responsibility in Marketing Channels and Supply Chains”

Guest Editors:

• O.C. Ferrell, University of New Mexico, and
• Linda Ferrell, University of New Mexico

The Journal of Marketing Channels is pleased to announce and invite submissions for a Special Issue on “Ethics and Social Responsibility in Marketing Channels and Supply Chains”. The deadline for manuscripts is December 31, 2014 with publication of accepted papers planned during late 2015 or early 2016.

Special Issue Background Information

The relationships embedded in marketing channels and supply chains create ethical issues and dilemmas. The impact on diverse stakeholders requires strategic social responsibility decisions. Ethics and social responsibility can be viewed from the perspective of trust and long term relationships to enhance performance. It can also be viewed from the perspective of stakeholder orientation and societal responsibility. Both conceptual and empirical contributions on these topics are welcomed.

While there is growing concern with ethics, social responsibility, and sustainability, the current state of the field is fragmented with the majority of articles focusing on specific issues rather than a more holistic approach. While papers are welcomed that relate to ethical issues, also of interest are marketing practices that could diminish ethical conflict including topics such as trust, managing conflict, relationship marketing, and opportunism. Social, political, and economic institutions structure ethical issues and considerations in the supply chain. Therefore, topics related to the legal, political, and economic environment are acceptable.

This special issue is designed to specially address how ethics and social responsibility relate to effective and productive ethical decision making and corporate responsibility. The unique nature of marketing channels places responsibility on leaders to monitor and demand compliance on standards of appropriate conduct from all participants. The spider web of relationships creates the need for oversight of conduct to maintain the integrity of the entire supply chain.

Some examples of research that would be welcomed include:

• Ethical decision making frameworks.
• Analysis of ethics and social responsibility issues.
• Stakeholder relationships and outcomes.
• Development of ethical culture across the supply chain.
• Development of ethics and compliance programs.
• Sustainability issues and frameworks for marketing channels and supply chains.
• Social issues associated with marketing channels and supply chains.
• Consumer protection issues.
• The role of trust in reducing ethical conflict.
• Opportunism and inter-channel conflict.
• Conflict of interest in supply chains.
• The role of power in developing trust.
• Cooperation and collaboration in developing high integrity relationships.

Submission Information

1. 1. Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
2. 2. All manuscripts will be double-blind refereed. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically in Word format, and must be consistent with the author submission guidelines of the Journal of Marketing Channels which can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/WJMC. Click on the “Authors and Submissions” Tab. Papers should be in APA style, and normally should be no longer than 30 pages in length.
3. 3. Manuscripts should be received no later than December 31, 2014 with accepted papers published in late 2015 or early 2016. Please submit to either of the guest editors, preferably through email as a Microsoft Word attached document.

O.C. Ferrell
Bill Daniels Professor of Business Ethics
University Distinguished Professor of Marketing
Anderson School of Management
University of New Mexico
1924 Las Lomas NE
MSC05 3090
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Phone: 505-277-3468
E-mail: ocferrell@unm.edu

Linda Ferrell
Bill Daniels Professor of Business Ethics Professor of Marketing
Anderson School of Management
University of New Mexico
1924 Las Lomas NE MSC05 3090
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Phone: 505-277-7056
E-mail: lferrell@unm.edu

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