About the Journal

Conscious Management Journal (CMJ) is an open-access electronic scientific journal specialized in Conscious Management of Organizations and Corporate Social Responsibility.

CMJ has a global and multidisciplinary reach to offer articles, publications, studies, and both theoretical and empirical research to contribute to the development of the state of the art in the management and governance of sustainable companies and organizations.

  • Contents

The subject areas that Conscious Management Journal addresses are the following:

Ethics and Corporate Governance

  • CSR as a strategy.
  • The values-based business approach.
    The governance system of an organization with CSR.
  • The importance of communication in the organization.
  • Business sustainability: the triple bottom line.
  • The transformations of organizations with CSR.
  • Cases of success and failure of organizations with CSR.
  • Sustainable companies and organizations.
  • Challenges and challenges of CSR organizations.
  • Development and implementation of national and international policies for the development of CSR.
  • Policies and laws related to CSR.

Quality of Life and Labor Practices

  • The value of people in organizations.
  • Policies and practices related to work.
  • Human management policies.
  • The evolution of employees.
  • Health and well-being at work.
  • Happiness at work.

Active participation in the Community

  • The impact of organizations on society.
  • Types of social actions to be developed by an organization with CSR.
  • Inclusion and diversity.
  • Developments in cultural diversity, tradition, social systems, globalization, immigration and settlement, and their impact on cultural or social sustainability.

Environment

  • The commitment of the company/organization with the Environment.
  • The evaluation of the environmental impact of an organization.
  • The impacts generated in the life cycle of products and services.
  • Initiatives that minimize or offset environmental impacts.
  • Environmental sustainability: short-term measures and long-term effects.
  • Participatory management of the territory and resources.

Value chain

  • Policies on the importance of decision-making in the value chain.
  • The integrity and life cycle of products and services.
  • System analysis methods, including life cycle assessment and management.
  • The importance of transparent information regarding products and services.
  • Commercial, marketing, and advertising policies.
  • Policies and ethics regarding international business practices.
  • Changes in consumption and production patterns.
  • Management of the Value Chain in the Circular Economy.

Other related topics

  • Science and Technologies of CSR.
  • Citizen science.
  • Education and awareness of CSR.
  • Ethical and philosophical aspects of CSR.
  • Definition, quantification, and monitoring of CSR.
  • CSR tools.
  • CSR applications.

Description of contents that are accepted

  • Scientific Articles: contribute to the base of scientific knowledge.
  • Documentos de Trabajo / Working Papers: preliminary technical or scientific documents of research work.
  • Reviews / Reviews: review article of a specific topic, book, other publications, etc.
  • Technical notes.
  • Scientific and technical dissemination articles.
  • Articles on successful / unsuccessful business / organizational practices.
  • Study cases for academic use.
  • Opinion articles on current issues in Conscious Management, CSR, Responsible Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Environment, and the topics of the magazine's scope.
  • Guest article: Article by a researcher specialized in a topic at the invitation of the editor.
  • Other typologies subject to the approval of the editor.