Month: July 2016

An editor should seek to meet the needs of the readers and of the contributing authors andother individuals directly involved in the production of the journal.

The primary duty of an editor is to constantly seek to improve their publication, to ensure that all the published materials are of optimum quality, balanced and grammatically and politically correct.

According to the ethical principles and the PIE Guidelines for the publishing sector, all editors are responsible for all material published intheir journals or other types of media with which they work.

Publishers are required to provide support for editors and authors so that they can follow the proper code of conduct, respect privacy, protect intellectual property, copyright and editorial independence.

All publishers who are adherent to PIE membership should act according to the PIE’s guidelines of ethical editorial conduct. They must advise thestaff under them to support and follow the guidelines and register with the organisation.