Ethics and Social Welfare welcomes original contributions from all parts of the world on the understanding that their contents have not previously been published nor submitted elsewhere for publication. All submissions must be compatible with the Editorial policy and should demonstrate and promote an anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive approach to the discussion and analysis of ethical issues. The Board is aware of the range of disputed meanings applied to these terms, and intends to support the publication of a broad spectrum of views. However, the journal will not knowingly publish material that is oppressive or deliberately offensive in content or style.
Articles
Article content relating to any one particular country or culture must be appropriately contextualized for an international audience explaining the local procedures and organisations. In addition authors need to be mindful of the needs of readers from a mutli-disciplinary background. All papers should also contain reference to ethical concepts, theories and values relevant to the social professions. Any questions about requirements for a publishable article may be directed to the Editor at the address below. All submissions will be subject to anonymous peer review, normally by two referees, and the Editors' decision is final. Contributors are responsible for obtaining permission for any extensive quotations and images and for ensuring the accuracy and fairness of their contributions.
Articles should be 4,000-7,000 words in length, double spaced, with margins of at least 2.5cm. All pages should be numbered. Proofs for checking will normally be sent to the first-named author to whom any correspondence and offprints will also be addressed.
Contributors who wish to reference their own previous publications in their paper are requested to anonymise their work by inserting 'Author' both in the body of the text where their name would normally appear, and also in the bibliography. The correct author details would be added later if and when the paper was accepted by the editors after peer review.
All submissions should be made online at the
Ethics and Social Welfare ScholarOne Manuscripts site. New users should first create an account. Once a user is logged onto the site submissions should be made via the Author Centre. Submissions must be accompanied by an abstract of up to 200 words: a short statement that briefly details the essential information of the paper, its aims, methods, results and conclusions. Authors are also required to select 3-10 keywords that reflect the content of their manuscript. The keywords selected will help the editorial office identify appropriate reviewers for each manuscript.
Authors should prepare and upload two versions of their manuscript. One should be a complete text and when uploading this file, authors will then be able to define the non-anonymous version as “File not for review.”
The second version of the manuscript should have all information identifying the author removed from the file, to allow it to be sent anonymously to referees. This file should be defined as the “Main Document.”
Contributors should also include brief biographical details (not more than three lines) for each author, which may include their institutional affiliation, membership of an organisation and aspects of their biography, including experiences of social difference that they think are important and relevant to their contribution to the journal. These details should be saved as a separate file and defined as “Author Bio.”
References
References should follow the Harvard system, i.e. they should be indicated in the typescript by giving the authors' names, with the year of publication in parentheses, e.g. Smith (1984); or if there are more than two authors, Smith et al. (1984). If several papers from the same author(s) and from the same year are cited, (a), (b), (c), etc. should be put after the year of publication. Single quotation marks should be used in all cases. The references should be listed in full alphabetically at the end of the paper on a separate sheet in the following standard form:
Book
Ahmed, S. (1998) Differences That Matter: Feminist Theory and Postmodernism, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Journal
Orme, J. (2002) 'Social Work: Gender, Care and Justice', British Journal of Social Work, Vol. 32, no 2 pp. 799-814.
Edited Collection
Herman, B. (2004) 'The Scope of Moral Requirement', in Setting the Moral Compass: Essays by Women Philosophers, ed. C. Calhoun, Oxford University Press, New York and Oxford, pp. 91-112.
Web Reference
Young, C. (2001) English Heritage Position Statement on the Valletta Convention, [Online], Available: http://www.archaeol.freeuk.com/EHPostionStatement.htm [24 Aug 2001]
Titles of journals should not be abbreviated.
Illustrations should not be inserted in the text but each provided separately and numbered on the back with Figure numbers, title of paper and name. In the case of hard copy submission, three copies of all figures must be submitted. All photographs, graphs and diagrams should be referred to as Figures and should be numbered consecutively in the text in Arabic numerals (e.g. Fig. 3). A list of captions for the figures should be submitted on a separate sheet and should make interpretation possible without reference to the text. Captions should include keys to symbols.
Tables should be typed on separate sheets and should be given Arabic numbers (e.g. Table 3). Their approximate position in the text should be indicated. Units should appear in parentheses in the column heading but not in the body of the table. Words or numerals should be repeated on successive lines; 'ditto' or 'do' should not be used.
Ethical Issues in Practice
This section of the Journal is designed to encourage practitioners, service users, and carers who wish to write for publication. Its purpose is to encourage debate on current ethical issues affecting practice, and the contrasting values that are apparent in different sections of society and in different societies in relation to social welfare practice and policy. We want to stimulate a discussion and debate. Submissions should be between 750 and 2500 words, but must conform to the journal's editorial policy. The Practice Editors are happy to offer advice and assistance on any aspect of this section. Please send submissions to the Practice Editors at the below addresses.
Books, or any other learning materials suitable for review in the journal, such as CD-ROMs, videos and other multimedia products should be sent to:
Reviews and Commentary Editor: Chris Beckett, Anglia Ruskin University. (c.o.beckett@anglia.ac.uk)
Proofs are supplied for checking and making essential typographical corrections, not for general revision or alteration. Proofs must be returned within 72 hours of receipt.
Free article access: Corresponding authors will receive free online access to their article through our website (www.informaworld.com) and a complimentary copy of the issue containing their article. Reprints of articles published in this journal can be purchased through Rightslink® when proofs are received. If you have any queries, please contact our reprints department at reprints@tandf.co.uk
Copyright. It is a condition of publication that authors assign copyright or license the publication rights in their articles, including abstracts, to Taylor & Francis. This enables us to ensure full copyright protection and to disseminate the article, and of course the Journal, to the widest possible readership in print and electronic formats as appropriate. Authors may, of course, use the article elsewhere after publication without prior permission from Taylor & Francis, provided that acknowledgement is given to the Journal as original source of publication, and that Taylor & Francis is notified so that our records show that its use is properly authorised. Authors retain a number of other rights under the Taylor & Francis rights policies documents. These policies are referred to at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/authorrights.pdf for full details. Authors are themselves responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce copyright material from other sources.
Ethics and Social Welfare is published three times a year (in April, July, and November).
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