The publisher of Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society wishes to retract the article Bentaleb D (2026), “She codes, she leads: the tipping point for ethical digital transformation in banking”. Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. Link to She codes, she leads: the tipping point for ethical digital transformation in bankingLink to the cited article..
Following concerns raised by the author regarding the accuracy of the reference list, an investigation was conducted. The investigation established that the reference list contains numerous articles that do not exist or contain significant errors. As a result, the information provided in the article cannot be relied upon. As part of the investigation, the author was asked for an explanation. The author co-operated with the investigation and acknowledged the inaccuracies but was not able to provide a satisfactory explanation for the inclusion of these references. The decision to retract has been informed by COPE’s guidelines on retractions and Emerald’s publishing ethics. The journals author guidelines make it clear that authors must be accountable for the accuracy of their work. The publishers of the journal sincerely apologize to the readers.
