Jurnal Abdiel: Khazanah Pemikiran Teologi, Pendidikan Agama Kristen dan Musik Gereja as a publisher takes her duties seriously and ethically responsibly at all stages of article publishing. Therefore, it is very important to agree on standards of ethical behavior for all parties involved in the publishing stage, namely: publishers, editors, reviewers, and authors.

 

Ethical Standards for Editors

1. The editor of Jurnal Abdiel: Khazanah Pemikiran Teologi, Pendidikan Agama Kristen dan Musik Gereja is responsible for determining the articles to be published from articles that have been accepted. The decision to publish an article is based on consideration of the article's contribution to researchers and readers. The editors are guided by the policies of the editorial board and comply with applicable legal requirements such as defamation, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. In making decisions, editors are allowed to discuss with other editors or reviewers.
2. The editor evaluates the manuscript based on its intellectual content and there is no discrimination against religion, ethnicity, gender, nationality, etc. from the authors.
3. Editors are not allowed to disclose any information on accepted manuscripts to anyone other than the authors, reviewers, and publishers.
4. Editors are not allowed to use article material that is entered in the Tonika Journal but has not been/is not published for personal research without written consent from the author.

 

Ethical Standards for Reviewers

1. Reviewers communicate editorially with editors to make decisions and with authors to improve manuscripts.
2. Each assigned reviewer, if he feels it is not in accordance with his scientific expertise to conduct a review of the manuscript or finds out that it is not possible to conduct a review in a timely manner, must immediately report it to the editor.
3. Any manuscript that has been accepted for review must be treated as a confidential document and may not be disclosed or discussed with others as long as it has not been approved by the editor.
4. The review process must be objective, clear, and accompanied by supporting arguments.
5. The reviewer must notify the editor if there are substantial similarities or overlaps between the manuscript under review and other articles that have been published to the reviewer's knowledge.
6. Article materials or information obtained through the review process must be kept confidential and not used for personal gain. Reviewers must reject a manuscript if it has a conflict of interest caused by a competitive, collaborative, or other relationship with the author, company, and any institution with which the paper has a relationship.

 

Ethical Standards for Authors

1. The author must present an accurate and original manuscript about the research or study carried out and a discussion of its significance. Research or study data must be presented comprehensively in a written manuscript. Manuscripts must contain detailed reference sources, thus allowing others to replicate the work. Any form of fraud presented in the manuscript is unethical and unacceptable behavior.
2. Manuscripts made by the author are original works, and if the author has used the work and/or statements of others then it must be properly cited.
3. Authors are not allowed to publish essentially the same manuscript in more than one journal. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal at the same time is unethical behavior in scientific publications and is unacceptable.
4. Authors must always make proper acknowledgment of the work of others. Authors must cite references relevant to the nature of the reported work.
5. Authors must make a significant contribution to the reported manuscript. All who have contributed significantly must be listed as co-authors. Authors must ensure that all co-authors are included in the manuscript and that all co-authors have read and approved the manuscript for publication.
6. When the author finds any form of a significant error in an article that has been published, it is the author's obligation to immediately notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the article.

 

Jurnal Abdiel: Khazanah Pemikiran Teologi, Pendidikan Agama Kristen dan Musik Gereja sebagai penerbit menjalankan tugasnya dengan serius dan penuh tanggung jawab etis di semua tahap penerbitan artikel. Oleh karena itu sangat penting untuk menyepakati standar perilaku etis pada semua pihak yang terlibat dalam tahapan penerbitan yaitu: penerbit, editor, reviewer, dan penulis.

 

Standar Etik untuk Editor

1. Editor Jurnal Abdiel: Khazanah Pemikiran Teologi, Pendidikan Agama Kristen dan Musik Gereja bertanggung jawab untuk menetapkan artikel yang akan diterbitkan dari artikel yang sudah diterima. Keputusan menerbitkan artikel didasarkan pada pertimbangan kontribusi artikel tersebut bagi peneliti dan pembaca. Para editor dipandu oleh kebijakan dewan editorial dan mematuhi ketentuan hukum yang berlaku seperti pencemaran nama baik, pelanggaran hak cipta, dan plagiarisme. Dalam pembuatan keputusan, editor diperbolehkan untuk berdiskusi dengan editor atau reviewer lain.
2. Editor mengevaluasi naskah berdasarkan konten intelektualnya dan tidak ada diskriminasi terhadap agama, etnis, jenis kelamin, kewarganegaraan, dan sebagainya dari penulis.
3. Editor tidak diperbolehkan mengemukakan informasi apapun terhadap naskah yang diterima kepada siapa pun selain dari penulis, reviewer, dan penerbit.
4. Editor tidak diperbolehkan menggunakan bahan artikel yang masuk di Jurnal Abdiel namun belum/ tidak dipublikasikan untuk penelitian pribadi tanpa persetujuan tertulis dari penulis.