Journal of Business Ethics

1998 - 2025

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

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Volume 197, issue 1, 2025

Inquiring Value: The Pragmatist Turn in Business Ethics pp. 1-11

Henrik Rydenfelt

Joseph Heath’s Ethics for Capitalists: The Market Failures Approach 2.0 pp. 13-17

Santiago Mejia and Robert Mass

Legitimating Organizational Secrecy pp. 19-38

Nicholas Clarke, Malcolm Higgs and Thomas Garavan

CEO Narcissism and Credit Ratings pp. 39-72

Zehan Hou, Richard Fairchild and Pietro Perotti

Is There a Foreign Language Effect on Workplace Bribery Susceptibility? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Vignette Experiment pp. 73-97

Jack Fitzgerald, Paul Stroet, Kristina S. Weißmüller and Arjen Witteloostuijn

Narcissism Dynamics and Auditor Skepticism pp. 99-116

Steven E. Kaszak, Eric N. Johnson, Philip M. J. Reckers and Alan Reinstein

Mission Statements of Public Accounting Firms: Antecedents and Consequences of Professional Vs. Commercial Orientations pp. 117-142

Jared Eutsler and Steven Kaszak

Generalist Versus Specialist CEOs and the Scope of Corporate Social Responsibility pp. 143-158

Qian Lu, Guoguang Wan and Liang Xu

Challenging or Threatening? The Double-Edged Sword Effect of Intelligent Technology Awareness on Accountants’ Unethical Decision-Making pp. 159-175

Meng Bai, He Zhang, Junrui Zhang, Yuhui Jiang and Junmin Xu

Greenhouse Gas Disclosure: Evidence from Private Firms pp. 177-194

Aline Grahn

Natural Disaster, Tax Avoidance, and Corporate Pollution Emissions: Evidence from China pp. 195-217

Rui Xu and Liuyang Ren

Volume 196, issue 4, 2025

Fashionable Ethics: Exploring Ethical Perspectives in the Production, Marketing, and Consumption of Fashion pp. 711-721

Patsy Perry, Victoria-Sophie Osburg, Fahian Anisul Huq and Mbaye Fall Diallo

Ethical Sourcing and Decision Making in the Fashion Industry: A Longitudinal Qualitative Examination pp. 723-751

Anushree Tandon, Amandeep Dhir, Puneet Kaur and Chidiebere Ogbonnaya

Effective Awe-Inspiring Visual Content Strategy for Social Media Engagement with Ethical Fashion Brands: The Mediating Role of Deontological Ethical Beliefs pp. 753-771

Weilin Pu, Yilu Wang, Giuseppe Daniele Ibello, Rishav Chakraborty, Mojun Yang, Ka Wing Chan, Rafi Chowdhury, Felix Septianto and Junbum Kwon

Consumers’ Responses to Moral Transgressions in the Fashion Industry: Comparative Insights from Western Developed and Southeast Asian Emerging Markets pp. 773-806

Thi Thanh Huong Tran and Fabian Bartsch

Effects of Two Face Regulatory Foci About Ethical Fashion Consumption in a Confucian Context pp. 807-825

Xiaoyong Wei and Bin Shen

Upcycling Agency: Material and Human Transformation for Sustainability in Fashion pp. 827-843

Mollie Painter, Alex Hiller and Johanna Oehlmann

Beyond Novelty and Growth: A Virtue Ethics Enquiry into Fashion Entrepreneurs’ Responsible and Harmonising Practices Towards Sustainability pp. 845-861

Andrea Werner, Patrick Elf, Fergus Lyon and Ian Vickers

Refashioning Second-Hand Clothes Consumption Through Pleasure, Pain, Seduction and Conversion: A Virtue Ethics Perspective pp. 863-881

Kristina Auxtova, Stephanie Schreven and Lucy J. Wishart

Authentic Brand Ethicality: Conceptualization, Measurement, and Validation in the Fashion Industry pp. 883-915

Katharina Petra Zeugner-Roth, Peter Mathias Fischer and Isabella Margaux Hessel

“I Crossed My Own Line, But Here is What I do”: The Moral Transgressions of Sustainable Fashion Consumers and Their Use of Alternating Moral Practices as a Cognitive-Dissonance-Reducing Strategy pp. 917-936

Hafize Celik and Ahmet Ekici

Volume 196, issue 3, 2025

Contributing to Business Ethics though Thick Conceptualization pp. 495-498

Michelle Greenwood and Gazi Islam

Conceptualising Sustainability as the Pursuit of Life pp. 499-521

Frederik Dahlmann

Mapping the Contours of Blame: An Account of the Moral Boundaries of Organizations pp. 523-537

Rita Mota and Alan D. Morrison

Dishing Up Morality: How Chefs Account for Gratuity pp. 539-553

Edward N. Gamble, Omar Shehryar, Janet Gamble and Michelle Hall

A Contractarian Approach to Actuarial Fairness pp. 555-564

Antonio J. Heras, Pierre-Charles Pradier and David Teira

The Ethical Embeddedness of the Economic Inequality Debate pp. 565-580

Mikko Ketokivi, Sebastien M. Fosse and Peter Kawalek

Redefining Academic Safe Space for Responsible Management Education pp. 581-601

Joé T. Martineau and Audrey-Anne Cyr

Anxious Altruism: Virtue Signaling Mediates the Impact of Attachment Style on Consumers’ Green Purchase Behavior and Prosocial Responses pp. 603-637

Muhammad Junaid Shahid Hasni, Faruk Anıl Konuk and Tobias Otterbring

Can Consumers’ Altruistic Inferences Solve the CSR Initiative Puzzle? A Meta-analytic Investigation pp. 639-658

François A. Carrillat, Carolin Plewa, Ljubomir Pupovac, Chloé Vanasse, Taylor Willmott, Renaud Legoux and Ekaterina Napolova

Participation Strategies and Ethical Considerations in NGO Led Community-Based Conservation Initiatives pp. 659-675

Chaudhry Ghafran and Sofia Yasmin

Will a Moral Follower Please Stand Up (to the Machiavellian Leader)? The Effects of Machiavellian Leadership on Moral Anger and Whistleblowing pp. 677-694

Taran Lee-Kugler, Jun Gu, Quan Li, Nathan Eva and Rebecca Mitchell

A Moral Evaluation of LBOs pp. 695-709

Aurélien Philippot

Volume 196, issue 2, 2025

Ethics of Quantification and Randomised Control Trials in International Development: A Decolonial Analysis pp. 241-254

Emily Cook-Lundgren and Emanuela Girei

Being (Ab)normal – Be(com)ing Other: Struggles Over Enacting an Ethos of Difference in a Psychosocial Care Centre pp. 255-272

Bernadette Loacker and Richard Weiskopf

The (In)Visibility of Diversity in Alternative Organizations pp. 273-289

Regine Bendl, Alexander Fleischmann and Angelika Schmidt

Hybridity in Nonprofit Organizations: Organizational Perspectives on Combining Multiple Logics pp. 291-307

Aastha Malhotra, April L. Wright and Lee C. Jarvis

Maximizing Shareholder Welfare: A Normative Examination of Hart and Zingales’ Corporate Governance Account pp. 309-323

Santiago Mejia and Pietro Bonaldi

On ‘the Politics of Repair Beyond Repair’: Radical Democracy and the Right to Repair Movement pp. 325-344

Javier Lloveras, Mario Pansera and Adrian Smith

Digital Inclusion and Financial Inclusion: Evidence from Peer-to-Peer Lending pp. 345-380

Xiaoran Jia and Kiridaran Kanagaretnam

Selling Who You Know: How We Justify Sharing Others’ Data pp. 381-417

Susanne Ruckelshausen, Bernadette Kamleitner and Vincent Mitchell

Hypocrites! Social Media Reactions and Stakeholder Backlash to Conflicting CSR Information pp. 419-437

Lisa D. Lewin and Danielle E. Warren

Who Rewards Appropriate Levels of Professional Skepticism? pp. 439-450

Joseph F. Brazel, Justin Leiby and Tammie J. Schaefer

How Do Institutional Prescriptions (Fail to) Address Governance Challenges Under Institutional Hybridity? The Case of Governance Code Creation for Cooperative Enterprises pp. 451-470

Jozef Cossey, Adrien Billiet, Frédéric Dufays and Johan Bruneel

Correction to: How Do Institutional Prescriptions (Fail to) Address Governance Challenges Under Institutional Hybridity? The Case of Governance Code Creation for Cooperative Enterprises pp. 471-471

Jozef Cossey, Adrien Billiet, Frédéric Dufays and Johan Bruneel

Navigating the Ethical Terrain Around the Challenges of Fake News and False Narratives: An Integrative Literature Review and a Proposed Agenda for Future Research pp. 473-493

Pramukh Nanjundaswamy Vasist and Satish Krishnan

Volume 196, issue 1, 2025

A Tribute to Neil Olivier and His Contribution to Business Ethics Publishing pp. 1-2

Sivakani Jayaprakash, Michelle Greenwood and Gazi Islam

The Ethics of Commons Organizing: A Critical Reading pp. 3-20

David Murillo, Pau Guinart and Daniel Arenas

Escaping the Loop of Unsustainability: Why and How Business Ethics Matters for Earth System Justice pp. 21-29

Anselm Schneider and John Murray

Climate Change Denial and Corporate Environmental Responsibility pp. 31-59

Mansoor Afzali, Gonul Colak and Sami Vähämaa

Impact of Corporate Culture on Environmental Performance pp. 61-92

Mabel D. Costa and Solomon Opare

Standing Up or Standing By: Abnormally Hot Temperatures and Corporate Environmental Engagement pp. 93-127

Jiaxin Wang, Jingyi Zhuang, Chao Yan and Kam C. Chan

Contextualizing Ethical Climate: Examining Contextual Moderators of the Connection Between Ethical Climate Perceptions and Ethical Behavior pp. 129-148

Jay Bates, Jeremy M. Beus and Shaun Parkinson

The Affective Processes of Ethical Leadership: The Role of Moral Emotions pp. 149-167

Sophia Soyoung Jeong, Cong (Timothy) Sun and Kai Chi Yam

How Ethical Leadership and Ethical Self-Leadership Enhance the Effects of Idiosyncratic Deals on Salesperson Work Engagement and Performance pp. 169-188

Ashish Kalra, Rakesh Singh, Vishag Badrinarayanan and Aditya Gupta

Decreasing Workplace Unethical Behavior Through Mindfulness: A Study Based on the Dual-System Theory of Ethical Decision-Making pp. 189-207

Xiaodong Ming, Xinwen Bai, Jingyu Fu and Jianfeng Yang

The Effect of Abusive Supervision on Employee Job Performance: The Moderating Role of Employment Contract Type pp. 209-221

Yonghong Liu, Chen Zhao, Zhiyong Yang and Zhonghua Gao

In Defence of the Indefensible: Exploring Justification Narratives of Corporate Elites Accused of Corruption pp. 223-240

Mabel Torbor, David Sarpong, George Ofosu and Derrick Boakye