Introduction
It can be said that editors function as “gatekeepers”. By deciding which submitted works are rejected and which are passed through for publication, they could be seen as being in a position to shape cultural, political and social thinking, merely by “filtering” the total spectrum of published material from which peoples’ views and opinions are formed. Given that situation exists, how does an editor deal with it? Are the editor’s responsibilities to the readers, or to his/her employer, to a combination of the two, or to himself/herself? Surely an editor has a responsibility to all of these; the difficulty is ...
