Journal of Business Ethics

1998 - 2025

Current editor(s): Michelle Greenwood and R. Edward Freeman

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Volume 201, issue 1, 2025

Rethinking Automation and the Future of Work with Hannah Arendt pp. 3-14

Rosalie A. Waelen

Loyalty as a Legitimizer of Wage Theft pp. 15-33

Matthew L. Stanley, Christopher P. Neck, Christopher B. Neck and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong

The Child Labor in Social Media: Kidfluencers, Ethics of Care, and Exploitation pp. 35-62

Daniel R. Clark and Alisa B. Jno-Charles

The Ethical Downside of Giving Employees the Trust They Want: When Trust Congruence Leads to Unethical Pro-supervisor Behavior pp. 63-92

Karim Mignonac, Marie Caussimont, Jennifer Boutant Lapeyre and Caroline Manville

It is OK to Express Guilt: The Prosocial Interpersonal Effects of Leader Guilt Display pp. 93-110

Beier Hong, Jianghua Mao and Wenxing Liu

Diversity-Specific Empowering Leadership: An Alternative Approach to Reducing Sex-Based Bias and Enabling Inclusivity pp. 111-144

Cara-Lynn Scheuer, Catherine Loughlin, Danielle Prowse, Corinne McNally, Kara A. Arnold and Shasanka Chalise

Cultivating CSR: The Artistic Influence of Top Executives on Corporate Responsibility pp. 145-167

Jinli Xiao, Weijuan Liang, Yue Pan and Gary Gang Tian

Can Green Needs Always Promote Green Innovation? Moral Licensing in Corporate Environmental Responsibility pp. 169-191

Heng Zhang and Binglin Gong

Sincere Action or Sweet Talk: How Do Firms Respond to Retail Investors’ Green Appeals? pp. 193-218

Ling He, Shiyang Hu, Dongmin Kong and Xiao Li

Who Loses in Win-Win Investing? A Mixed Methods Study of Impact Risk pp. 219-234

Lauren Kaufmann and Helet Botha

Rage Against the Dying of the Light: Employees’ Moral Outrage, Anger Expression, and Generalized Well-Being pp. 235-252

Robert A. Giacalone, Sean R. Valentine, Bingqing Yin and Mark D. Promislo

Volume 200, issue 4, 2025

The Impact of Ethical Leadership on Black Employees’ Workplace Experiences: Echoes from Black Culture and History pp. 733-751

Darryl B. Rice, Jamila Maxie, MaQueba Massey, Nero Edevbie and Steven Day

Hidden Bias, Overt Impact: A Systematic Review of the Empirical Literature on Racial Microaggressions at Work pp. 753-772

Alexander Newman, Snehanjali Chrispal, Karen Dunwoodie and Luke Macaulay

Examining the Nuances of Consumer Racial Bias: An Analysis of Positive Consumer Response to Racial Representation on Instagram pp. 773-790

Joon H. Ro, Jae-Eun Namkoong, James M. Leonhardt and Eunsoo Choi

“Fresh Start” Messaging, “Rebirth Associations,” and Consumers’ Environmentally Sustainable Actions pp. 791-811

Yuliya Strizhakova, Robin A. Coulter and Linda L. Price

Institutional Investors with Disciplinary History and CSR Behavior of Investee Firms pp. 813-840

Samuel B. Bonsall Iv, Babak Mammadov and Blerina Bela Zykaj

Fundraising, Governance and Environmental Ethics: Evidence from Equity Crowdfunding pp. 841-865

Silvio Vismara and Peter Wirtz

Does Product Market Competition Promote or Reduce Firms’ Corporate Social Responsibility Behavior? How Stakeholder Attention Shapes Responsiveness to Stakeholders pp. 867-896

Yichen Wang and Christopher Marquis

How Identity Work Drives Ethical Conduct in Organizations: The Case of Organizational Citizenship Behavior pp. 897-909

Michaela Driver

Unpacking the Linkage Between Green Volunteering and Ethical Leadership Behavior in Managers pp. 911-926

Jintao Lu, Shiyu Yan, Chidiebere Ogbonnaya, Tomasz Gorny, Malin Song and Chunyan Wang

The (In)Visibility of Undisclosed Political Connections pp. 927-956

Hong Cai, Ole-Kristian Hope, Yi Li, Qiliang Liu and Han Wu

Does Traditional Debt Financing Hurt the Environment? Evidence from Toxic Releases pp. 957-985

Xiaoyi Lyu, Chenyu Shan and Dragon Yongjun Tang

Volume 200, issue 3, 2025

The Role of Courage Within Moral Imagination: A Critique pp. 471-485

Nisigandha Bhuyan and Arunima Chakraborty

Moral Intensity: It Is What Is, But What Is It? A Critical Review of the Literature pp. 487-508

Sophia Kusyk and Mark S. Schwartz

Tall Trees Catch much Wind? Investigating the Role of Supervisor Perceived Status Threat in Linking Employee Overqualification to Supervisor Undermining pp. 509-527

Fang Liu, Chenggang Duan and Melody Jun Zhang

Institutional Theory in Social Entrepreneurship: A Review and Consideration of Ethics pp. 529-556

Xing Li and Niels Bosma

Social Entrepreneurship: A Well-Being Based Approach pp. 557-597

Rama Krishna Reddy Kummitha, Benson Honig and David Urbano

Virtue Ethics in Marketing: The Art of Crafting Tragic Brand Stories pp. 599-622

Zafeirenia Brokalaki

A CEO’s Childhood Family Decline and Corporate Social Responsibility: The Mediating Role of Long-Term Orientation pp. 623-648

Mengyu Cai and Nan Zhou

Exposure of Academic Misconduct and Universities’ Innovation Output: Evidence from Retractions in China pp. 649-668

Linna Li, Yiping Wu and Yu Wang

Editorial Boards of Finance Journals: The Gender Gap and Social Networks pp. 669-687

Barbara Bedowska-Sójka, Claudia Tarantola, Codruta Mare, Alessia Paccagnini, Belma Öztürkkal, Galena Pisoni, Albulena Shala, Rezarta Perri and Hanna Kristín Skaftadótti

Employee Overtime and Innovation Dilemma pp. 689-713

Jingjing Yang, Di Fan and Caifu Li

Calculated Punishment pp. 715-731

Fadong Chen, Gideon Nave and Lei Wang

Volume 200, issue 2, 2025

“A Sane Island in an Ocean of Madness”: A Case of Alternative Organisational Ethics Through Post-Growth Values pp. 233-253

Ben Robra, Alex Pazaitis and Arnaud Levy

Multispecies Ethics and Space: Coexisting with Wolves pp. 255-268

Géraldine Paring

CEO Activism and Political Mobilization pp. 269-285

Young Hou and Christopher Poliquin

Serving as an Ethical Signal: Understanding How and When Socially Responsible Human Resource Management Inhibits Time Theft pp. 287-305

Bo Lv, Jie Xiao, Yinxu Zhou, Chenghao Men, Fengyu Li and Haomin Chen

Supporting and Humiliating Dignity with Biometric Technologies: An Affordance Perspective pp. 307-324

Jayson Killoran, Jasmin Manseau, Andrew Park and Jan Kietzmann

In Moderation: Automation in the Digital Public Sphere pp. 325-341

Diana Acosta Navas

The Shadow of Peer Death Among Rank-and-File Employees: Evidence from Audit Office pp. 343-371

Xingqiang Du, Lirong Shentu and Yuhui Xie

Security and Privacy Protection in Developing Ethical AI: A Mixed-Methods Study from a Marketing Employee Perspective pp. 373-392

Xuequn Wang, Xiaolin Lin and Bin Shao

State Ownership, Environmental Regulation, and Corporate Green Investment: Evidence from China’s 2015 Environmental Protection Law Changes pp. 393-416

Thomas Chemmanur, Bo Cheng, Zi-Tian Wang and Qianqian Yu

Collectivist Culture and Corporate Tax Avoidance: Evidence from China pp. 417-443

Huijie Cui, Shiqiang Chen, Dongmin Kong and Yonggen Luo

Unveiling Investor Motivation and Trust in Impact Investing: Evidence from Global Green Bond Issuances pp. 445-468

Chaoxi Liang, Xiaoming Ma and Xiawei Liao

Correction to: A ‘Grey’ Side of Family Business Ethics? Looking into the Interplay of Internal and External Ethical Orientations: Empirical Insights from the Wine Industry pp. 469-469

Elena Casprini, Rocco Palumbo, Jacopo Cammeo and Lorenzo Zanni

Volume 200, issue 1, 2025

Examining Love as a Central Ethic of Leadership: a Kierkegaardian and Feminist Reading pp. 1-12

Edward Wray-Bliss and Irene E. Pater

Circular Consumption Practices as Matters of Care pp. 13-30

Nina Mesiranta, Malla Mattila, Outi Koskinen and Elina Närvänen

Women Harmonizing Sustainability Practices for a Circular Bioeconomy: Can They Transform from Within Organizations? pp. 31-53

Alexia Sanz-Hernández, Irene Zarauz, Paula Jiménez-Caballero and María Esther López Rodríguez

Unveiling Her Efforts: Gender Diversity’s Impact on Performance Commitments in M&As pp. 55-90

Xiang Luo and Jianan Zhou

Can Perfectionists Be Cheaters? The Roles of Fear of Performance Failure and Supervisor Bottom-Line Mentality pp. 91-114

Li Guo, Jih-Yu Mao, Xinyan Mu and Yamei Cai

Employee Moral Evaluation of Supervisor Leniency for Coworkers’ Misconduct: The Role of Attributed Altruistic and Instrumental Motives pp. 115-135

Shike Li, Bin Ma and Ivana Radivojevic

When and Why Negative Supervisor Gossip Yields Functional and Dysfunctional Consequences on Subordinate Interactive Behaviors pp. 137-155

Chen Ding, Mengting Su, Jialiang Pei, Cherrie Jiuhua Zhu and Shuming Zhao

From Deception to Rejection: Unraveling the Impact of Workplace Cheating Behavior on Coworker Ostracism pp. 157-173

Yijiao Ye, Long-Zeng Wu, Ho Kwong Kwan and Xinyu Liu

Reasonable Precaution or Unjust Discrimination? Applying a Lexical Utility Model of the Precautionary Principle to Moral Choices pp. 175-188

Thomas Boyer-Kassem and Sébastien Duchêne

“The Gut Instinct Gives You Direction and then You Follow it”: Exploring the Social-Intuitive Dimension of Auditor Skepticism pp. 189-205

Yasser Alnafisah, Mouna Hazgui and Anna Samsonova-Taddei

Choices and Effects of Different Green Labels in the EU Bond Market pp. 207-229

Peng Zhou, Shijie Jin, Khelifa Mazouz and Wenjie Ding

Publisher Correction: Choices and Effects of Different Green Labels in the EU Bond Market pp. 231-231

Peng Zhou, Shijie Jin, Khelifa Mazouz and Wenjie Ding