The GRWS International Journal of Applied Commerce and Strategic Management is committed to maintaining the accuracy, reliability, and integrity of the scholarly record. Appropriate editorial action will be taken when errors or serious ethical concerns are identified before or after publication.
Published when an error affects accuracy, author details, tables, figures, or references without invalidating main findings. Notice remains permanently linked to the article.
Issued when serious questions arise but investigation is incomplete or evidence is inconclusive. May later resolve into a correction, retraction, or confirmation.
Executed for data fabrication, plagiarism, unethical research, peer-review fraud, or fatal errors. Retracted papers remain in the record but are clearly watermark-marked.
When concerns emerge, the editorial team conducts an initial assessment, requests evidence/raw data from authors, consults reviewers, ethics committees, or institutions, and evaluates findings impartially. Authors are given a formal opportunity to respond prior to final decisions.
Authors must promptly notify the journal if they discover significant errors in their published work post-publication. Authors are expected to cooperate fully with editorial investigations, supply raw statistical/survey outputs, and assist with formal corrective actions.
The Editor-in-Chief or an authorized academic editor holds final responsibility for all decisions concerning corrections, expressions of concern, and retractions. All actions are driven strictly by evidence, seriousness of the error, and the paramount need to safeguard the integrity of the published scholarly record.