Notes for contributors

The Journal of Corporate Citizenship (JCC) is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal that focuses on integrating theory about corporate citizenship with management practice. It provides a forum in which the tensions and practical realities of making corporate citizenship real can be addressed in a reader-friendly, yet conceptually and empirically rigorous format.

JCC aims to publish the best ideas integrating the theory and practice of corporate citizenship in a format that is readable, accessible, engaging, interesting and useful for readers in its already wide audience in business, consultancy, government, NGOs and academia.

It encourages practical, theoretically sound, and (when relevant) empirically rigorous manuscripts that address real-world implications of corporate citizenship in global and local contexts. Topics related to corporate citizenship can include (but are not limited to): corporate responsibility, stakeholder relationships, public policy, sustainability and environment, human and labour rights/ issues, governance, accountability and transparency, globalisation, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as multinational firms, ethics, measurement, and specific issues related to corporate citizenship, such as diversity, poverty, education, information, trust, supply chain management, and problematic or constructive corporate/human behaviours and practices.

In addition to articles linking the theory and practice of corporate citizenship, JCC also encourages innovative or creative submissions (for peer review). Innovative submissions can highlight issues of corporate citizenship from a critical perspective, enhance practical or conceptual understanding of corporate citizenship, or provide new insights or alternative perspectives on the realities of corporate citizenship in today’s world. Innovative submissions might include: critical perspectives and controversies, photography, essays, poetry, drama, reflections, and other innovations that help bring corporate citizenship to life for management practitioners and academics alike.

JCC welcomes contributions from researchers and practitioners involved in any of the areas mentioned above. Manuscripts should be written so that they are comprehensible to an intelligent reader, avoiding jargon, formulas and extensive methodological treatises wherever possible. They should use examples and illustrations to highlight the ideas, concepts and practical implications of the ideas being presented. Theory is important and necessary; but theory — with the empirical research and conceptual work that supports theory — needs to be balanced by integration into practices to stand the tests of time and usefulness. JCC aims to be the premier journal to publish articles on corporate citizenship that accomplish this integration of theory and practice. We want the journal to be read as much by executives leading corporate citizenship as it is by academics seeking sound research and scholarship.

JCC appears quarterly and the contents of each issue include: editorials; peer-reviewed papers by leading writers; a global digest of key initiatives and developments from the previous quarter; reviews; case studies; think-pieces; and an agenda of conferences and meetings. A key feature is the ‘Turning Points’ section. Turning Points are commentaries, controversies, new ideas, essays and insights that aim to be provocative and engaging, raise the important issues of the day and provide observations on what is too new yet to be the subject of empirical and theoretical studies. JCC continues to produce occasional issues dedicated to a single theme. These have included Corporate Transparency, Accountability and Governance, Stakeholder Responsibility, The Global Compact, Corporate Citizenship in Africa and Corporate Citizenship in Latin America.

To discuss ideas for contributions, please contact the General Editor: Malcolm McIntosh, Professor of Human Security; Director, Applied Research Centre in Human Security (ARCHS), Futures Institute, 10 Innovation Village, Coventry University Technology Park, Cheetah Road, Coventry CV1 2TL, UK; email: 
malcolm.mcintosh@coventry.ac.uk .

Submissions

Submissions via email (edjcc@bc.edu) are preferred if saved as Microsoft Word or RTF documents. Alternatively, two copies of the paper and a PC-compatible disk should be sent to: Journal of Corporate Citizenship Editorial Office, Boston College Center for Corporate Citizenship, Carroll School of Management, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA; Tel: +1 617 552 0477; Fax: +1 617 552 0433; edjcc@bc.edu . Hard copies of all figures and tables will be required if the paper is accepted.

Presentation

Articles should be 4,000-6,000 words long. Manuscripts should be arranged in the following order of presentation.

First page: Title, subtitle (if any), author’s name, affiliation, full postal address and telephone, fax and email. Respective affiliations, addresses and emails of co-authors should be clearly indicated. Please also include approximately 50 words of biographical information on all authors, and a good-quality photograph (print, not transparency; black and white preferred; digital files acceptable if at least 300 dpi x 4 cm) of each.

Second page: A self-contained abstract of up to 150 words summarising the paper and its conclusions; and between 7 and 10 keywords, which will reflect the core themes of the paper (anticipating possible search terms that might be used by a potential reader).

Subsequent pages: Main body of text; footnotes; list of references; appendices; tables; illustrations.

Authors are urged to write as concisely as possible, but not at the expense of clarity. The main title of the article should be kept short, up to 40 characters including spaces, but may be accompanied by a subtitle if further clarification is desired. Descriptive or explanatory passages, intrinsically necessary but which tend to break the flow of the main text, should be expressed as footnotes or appendices.

References

All bibliographic references must be complete, comprising: authors and initials, full title and subtitle, place of publication, publisher, date, and page references. References to journal articles must include the volume and number of the journal and page extent. The layout should adhere to the following conventions:

monograph
Elkington, J. (1997) Cannibals with Forks: The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business (Oxford, UK: Capstone Publishing).

journal article
Porter, M.E., and C. van der Linde (1995) ‘Green and Competitive: Ending the Stalemate’, Harvard Business Review 73.5 (September/October 1995): 120-33.

chapter in edited collection
Giddens, A. (1991) ‘Structuration Theory: Past, Present and Future’, in C.G.A. Bryant and D. Jary (eds.), Giddens’ Theory of Structuration: A Critical Appraisal (London: Routledge): 201-21.

conference paper
Shayler, M. (1996) ‘Minimising Waste, Maximising SME Involvement: A Comparison of Two Approaches to Waste Minimisation’, paper presented at the Eco-Management and Audit Conference, Leeds, UK, 2–3 July 1996.

These should be listed, alphabetically by author surname, at the end of the article. When citing, please use the ‘author-date’ method in parentheses, e.g. ‘(Porter and van der Linde 1995: 122)’.

Footnotes/endnotes

These should be numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals and placed before the list of bibliographic references. They should be indicated in the text by use of parentheses, e.g. ‘(see Note 1)’. Automatic numbering in word-processing software is acceptable only in the case of Microsoft Word.

Tables, graphs, etc.

All tables, graphs, diagrams and other drawings should be clearly referred to and numbered consecutively in Arabic numerals. Their position should be indicated in the text. All figures must have captions. In all figures taken or adapted from other sources, a brief note to that effect is obligatory, below the caption.

Photographs

Photographic material relevant to the article is expressly encouraged and should be supplied as digital files (acceptable if at least 300 dpi x 7 cm).

Copyright

Before publication, authors are requested to assign copyright to Greenleaf Publishing. This allows Greenleaf Publishing to sanction reprints and photocopies and to authorise the reprint of complete issues or volumes according to demand. Authors' traditional rights will not be jeopardised by assigning copyright in this manner, as they will retain the right to re-use.

Proofs

Authors are responsible for ensuring that all manuscripts (whether original or revised) are accurately typed before final submission. One set of proofs will be sent to authors before publication, which must be returned promptly.