Journal of Business Ethics

1998 - 2025

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

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Volume 177, issue 4, 2022

Challenges and Insights from South Asia for Imagining Ethical Organizations: Introduction to the Special Issue pp. 717-728

Fahreen Alamgir, Hari Bapuji and Raza Mir

Philanthropy and the Making of a New Moral Order: A History of Developing Community pp. 729-741

Arun Kumar

Ethical Complexity of Social Change: Negotiated Actions of a Social Enterprise pp. 743-762

Babita Bhatt

Shaking Up (and Keeping Intact) the Old Boys’ Network: The Impact of the Mandatory Gender Quota on the Board of Directors in India pp. 763-778

Bibek Bhattacharya, Ipsu Khadka and Dalhia Mani

From Fear to Courage: Indian Lesbians’ and Gays’ Quest for Inclusive Ethical Organizations pp. 779-797

Ernesto Noronha, Nidhi S. Bisht and Premilla D’Cruz

Inequality Regimes, Patriarchal Connectivity, and the Elusive Right to Own Land for Women in Pakistan pp. 799-811

Ghazal Mir Zulfiqar

Ambedkar, Radical Interdependence and Dignity: A Study of Women Mall Janitors in India pp. 813-828

Ramaswami Mahalingam and Patturaja Selvaraj

Organizations as Spaces for Caring: A Case of an Anti-trafficking Organization in India pp. 829-842

Roscoe Conan D’Souza and Ignasi Martí

A National Governance Approach to the Political Nature and Role of Business: Case Study of the Mobile Telecommunications Industry in Afghanistan pp. 843-860

Sameer Azizi

Why Disability Mainstreaming is Good for Business: A New Narrative pp. 861-873

Sanjukta Choudhury Kaul, Quamrul Alam and Manjit Singh Sandhu

Volume 177, issue 3, 2022

Is Femvertising the New Greenwashing? Examining Corporate Commitment to Gender Equality pp. 491-505

Yvette Sterbenk, Sara Champlin, Kasey Windels and Summer Shelton

The Radical Behavioral Challenge and Wide-Scope Obligations in Business pp. 507-517

Hasko von Kriegstein

Stakeholder Friction pp. 519-531

Kirsten Martin and Robert Phillips

Does the Narcissist (and Those Around Him/Her) Pay a Price for Being Narcissistic? An Empirical Study of Leaders’ Narcissism and Well-Being pp. 533-546

Jeremy B. Bernerth

Nudges in SRI: The Power of the Default Option pp. 547-566

Jean-Francois Gajewski, Marco Heimann and Luc Meunier

Emotional Intelligence and Deception: A Theoretical Model and Propositions pp. 567-584

Joseph P. Gaspar, Redona Methasani and Maurice E. Schweitzer

Adversity Tries Friends: A Multilevel Analysis of Corporate Philanthropic Response to the Local Spread of COVID-19 in China pp. 585-612

Hanwen Chen, Siyi Liu, Xin Liu and Daoguang Yang

Pathways to Lasting Cross-Sector Social Collaboration: A Configurational Study pp. 613-639

Christiana Weber, Helen Haugh, Markus Göbel and Hannes Leonardy

Ruthless Exploiters or Ethical Guardians of the Workforce? Powerful CEOs and their Impact on Workplace Safety and Health pp. 641-663

Jesper Haga, Fredrik Huhtamäki and Dennis Sundvik

When Discrimination is Worse, Autonomy is Key: How Women Entrepreneurs Leverage Job Autonomy Resources to Find Work–Life Balance pp. 665-682

Dirk De Clercq and Steven A. Brieger

Angry but not Deviant: Employees’ Prior-Day Deviant Behavior Toward the Family Buffers Their Reactions to Abusive Supervisory Behavior pp. 683-697

Andrew Li, Chenwei Liao, Ping Shao and Jason Huang

The Effects of Top Management Team National Diversity and Institutional Uncertainty on Subsidiary CSR Focus pp. 699-715

Sven Dahms, Suthikorn Kingkaew and Eddy Ng

Volume 177, issue 2, 2022

Sexual Harassment, Sexual Violence and CSR: Radical Feminist Theory and a Human Rights Perspective pp. 217-232

Kate Grosser and Meagan Tyler

Audit Partner Gender, Leadership and Ethics: The Case of Earnings Management pp. 233-260

Mehdi Nekhili, Fahim Javed and Haithem Nagati

Family-Supportive Supervisor Behavior, Felt Obligation, and Unethical Pro-family Behavior: The Moderating Role of Positive Reciprocity Beliefs pp. 261-273

Ken Cheng, Qianlin Zhu and Yinghui Lin

The Gender Effects of Audit Partners on Audit Outcomes: Evidence of Rule 3211 Adoption pp. 275-304

Jie Hao, Viet Pham and Meng Guo

The Effect of Regulation on Sustainable Procurement: Organisational Leadership and Culture as Mediators pp. 305-325

Daniel Etse, Adela McMurray and Nuttawuth Muenjohn

Theoretical Insights of CSR Research in Communication from 1980 to 2018: A Bibliometric Network Analysis pp. 327-349

Yi Grace Ji, Weiting Tao and Hyejoon Rim

Board Gender Diversity and Corporate Response to Cyber Risk: Evidence from Cybersecurity Related Disclosure pp. 351-374

Camélia Radu and Nadia Smaili

Correction to: Board Gender Diversity and Corporate Response to Cyber Risk: Evidence from Cybersecurity Related Disclosure pp. 375-375

Camélia Radu and Nadia Smaili

Vulnerable Populations and Individual Social Responsibility in Prosocial Crowdfunding: Does the Framing Matter for Female and Rural Entrepreneurs? pp. 377-394

Maria Figueroa-Armijos and John P. Berns

Not Just a Gender Numbers Game: How Board Gender Diversity Affects Corporate Risk Disclosure pp. 395-420

Andreas Seebeck and Julia Vetter

Longitudinal Patterns of Ethical Organisational Culture as a Context for Leaders’ Well-Being: Cumulative Effects Over 6 Years pp. 421-442

Mari Huhtala, Muel Kaptein, Joona Muotka and Taru Feldt

State-Level Culture and Workplace Diversity Policies: Evidence from US Firms pp. 443-462

Sivathaasan Nadarajah, Muhammad Atif and Ammar Gull

Do Personal Beliefs and Values Affect an Individual’s “Fraud Tolerance”? Evidence from the World Values Survey pp. 463-489

W. Robert Knechel and Natalia Mintchik

Volume 177, issue 1, 2022

Organizational Virtues and Organizational Anthropomorphism pp. 1-17

Felix Martin

Economic Peace as a Counterpoint to the Warfare Economy: Rethinking Individual and Collective Responsibility pp. 19-29

Fiona Ottaviani and Dominique Steiler

Leadership and Character(s): Behavioral Business Ethics in ‘War and Peace’ pp. 31-47

Christopher Michaelson

On the Analogy Between Business and Sport: Towards an Aristotelian Response to The Market Failures Approach to Business Ethics pp. 49-61

Matthew Sinnicks

The Prisoner’s Dilemma: An Adequate Concept for Ethical Analysis in Healthcare? A Systematic Search and Critical Review pp. 63-77

Wolf Rogowski and Oliver Lange

On the Ethics of “Non-Corporate” Insider Trading pp. 79-93

Benjamin Blau, Todd G. Griffith and Ryan J. Whitby

Moral Reactions to Bribery are Fundamentally Different for Managers Witnessing and Managers Committing Such Acts: Tests of Cognitive-Emotional Explanations of Bribery pp. 95-124

Ekta Sharma and Richard P. Bagozzi

Welcome to the Gray Zone: Shades of Honesty and Earnings Management pp. 125-149

Pascale Lapointe-Antunes, Kevin Veenstra, Kareen Brown and Heather Li

Contaminated Heart: Does Air Pollution Harm Business Ethics? Evidence from Earnings Manipulation pp. 151-172

Charles H. Cho, Zhongwei Huang, Siyi Liu and Daoguang Yang

Does A Virtuous Circle Really Exist? Revisiting the Causal Linkage Between CSP and CFP pp. 173-192

Xiaoping Zhao and Audrey Murrell

The Regulatory Dynamics of Sustainable Finance: Paradoxical Success and Limitations of EU Reforms pp. 193-212

Hanna Ahlström and David Monciardini

Reimagining the Future of Technology: “The Social Dilemma” Review pp. 213-215

Shuili Du

Volume 176, issue 4, 2022

Extracting Legitimacy: An Analysis of Corporate Responses to Accusations of Human Rights Abuses pp. 609-628

Rajiv Maher, Moritz Neumann and Mette Slot Lykke

Hiding in the Crowd: Government Dependence on Firms, Management Costs of Political Legitimacy, and Modest Imitation pp. 629-646

Yi Xiang, Ming Jia and Zhe Zhang

Do Boards Take Environmental, Social, and Governance Issues Seriously? Evidence from Media Coverage and CEO Dismissals pp. 647-671

Jenna J. Burke

Milking It for All It’s Worth: Unpalatable Practices, Dairy Cows and Veterinary Work? pp. 673-688

Caroline Clarke and David Knights

How Corporate Charitable Giving Reduces the Costs of Formal Controls pp. 689-704

Bernhard E. Reichert and Matthias Sohn

Innovating for Good in Opportunistic Contexts: The Case for Firms’ Environmental Divergence pp. 705-721

Dante I. Leyva- de la Hiz, J. Alberto Aragon-Correa and Andrew G. Earle

ERP Study of Liberals’ and Conservatives’ Moral Reasoning Processes: Evidence from South Korea pp. 723-739

Jin Ho Yun, Yaeri Kim and Eun-Ju Lee

Leader and Organizational Behavioral Integrity and Follower Behavioral Outcomes: The Role of Identification Processes pp. 741-760

Ziya Ete, Olga Epitropaki, Qin Zhou and Les Graham

Do Evaluative Pressures and Group Identification Cultivate Competitive Orientations and Cynical Attitudes Among Academics? pp. 761-780

Tobias Johansson

Which Privacy Policy Works, Privacy Assurance or Personalization Declaration? An Investigation of Privacy Policies and Privacy Concerns pp. 781-798

Fue Zeng, Qing Ye, Zhilin Yang, Jing Li and Yiping Amy Song

Correction to: Which Privacy Policy Works, Privacy Assurance or Personalization Declaration? An Investigation of Privacy Policies and Privacy Concerns pp. 799-799

Fue Zeng, Qing Ye, Zhilin Yang, Jing Li and Yiping Amy Song

Individuals’ Perceptions of the Legitimacy of Emerging Market Multinationals: Ethical Foundations and Construct Validation pp. 801-825

Jianhong Zhang, David L. Deephouse, Désirée van Gorp and Haico Ebbers

Volume 176, issue 3, 2022

The Illusion of Merit and the Demons of Economic Meritocracy: Which are the Legitimate Expectations of the Market? pp. 415-427

Luigino Bruni and Paolo Santori

“It’s Just Business”: Understanding How Business Frames Differ from Ethical Frames and the Effect on Unethical Behavior pp. 429-449

McKenzie R. Rees, Ann E. Tenbrunsel and Kristina A. Diekmann

Consequentialist Motives for Punishment Signal Trustworthiness pp. 451-466

Nathan A. Dhaliwal, Daniel P. Skarlicki, JoAndrea Hoegg and Michael A. Daniels

Punishing Vices or Rewarding Virtues? The Motivations for and Benefits of Ethical Ratings for Private Italian Companies pp. 467-485

Fabio La Rosa and Francesca Bernini

Religious Values Motivating CSR: An Empirical Study from Corporate Leaders’ Perspective pp. 487-505

Bo Xu and Linlin Ma

Quaker Business Ethics as MacIntyrean Tradition pp. 507-518

Nicholas Burton and Matthew Sinnicks

The Inhibitory Effect of Political Conservatism on Consumption: The Case of Fair Trade pp. 519-531

Thomas Usslepp, Sandra Awanis, Margaret K Hogg and Ahmad Daryanto

Correction to: The Inhibitory Effect of Political Conservatism on Consumption: The Case of Fair Trade pp. 533-533

Thomas Usslepp, Sandra Awanis, Margaret K Hogg and Ahmad Daryanto

Is Machiavellianism Dead or Dormant? The Perils of Researching a Secretive Construct pp. 535-549

Daniel N. Jones and Steven M. Mueller

Measuring Ethical Organizational Culture: Validation of the Spanish Version of the Shortened Corporate Ethical Virtues Model pp. 551-574

Juliana Toro-Arias, Pablo Ruiz-Palomino and María Pilar Rodríguez-Córdoba

Is Interpersonal Guanxi Beneficial in Fostering Interfirm Trust? The Contingent Effect of Institutional- and Individual-Level Characteristics pp. 575-592

Lu Shen, Kevin Zheng Zhou and Chuang Zhang

Exploring the Nexus Between Work-to-Family Conflict, Material Rewards Parenting and Adolescent Materialism: Evidence from Chinese Dual-Career Families pp. 593-607

Yanping Gong, Xiuyuan Tang, Julan Xie and Long Zhang

Volume 176, issue 2, 2022

Business Ethics and Quantification: Towards an Ethics of Numbers pp. 195-211

Gazi Islam

Escaping the Fantasy Land of Freedom in Organizations: The Contribution of Hannah Arendt pp. 213-226

Yuliya Shymko and Sandrine Frémeaux

Legitimacy and Cosmopolitanism: Online Public Debates on (Corporate) Responsibility pp. 227-240

Anne Vestergaard and Julie Uldam

Place Matters: (Dis)embeddedness and Child Labourers’ Experiences of Depersonalized Bullying in Indian Bt Cottonseed Global Production Networks pp. 241-263

Premilla D’Cruz, Ernesto Noronha, Muneeb Ul Lateef Banday and Saikat Chakraborty

Should You Buy Local? pp. 265-281

Carson Young

Hometown Ties and Favoritism in Chinese Corporations: Evidence from CEO Dismissals and Corporate Social Responsibility pp. 283-310

Hongjin Zhu, Yue Pan, Jiaping Qiu and Jinli Xiao

How do Expatriate Managers Draw the Boundaries of Moral Free Space in the Case of Guanxi? pp. 311-324

Tolga Ulusemre and Xin Fang

The Influence of Political Regime on State-Level Disciplinary Actions of CPAs Sanctioned by the PCAOB pp. 325-340

Abdullah Al-Moshaigeh, Denise Dickins and Julia L. Higgs

The Role of Political Prudence and Political Skill in the Political Will and Political Behavior Relationship pp. 341-355

Okechukwu Ethelbert Amah

Cultural Diversity and Corporate Tax Avoidance: Evidence from Chinese Private Enterprises pp. 357-379

Guangyong Lei, Wanwan Wang, Junli Yu and Kam C. Chan

The Joint Effect of Ethical Idealism and Trait Skepticism on Auditors’ Fraud Detection pp. 381-395

Inez G. F. Verwey and Stephen K. Asare

Volume 176, issue 1, 2022

No Strings Attached? Potential Effects of External Funding on Freedom of Research pp. 1-15

René Chester Goduscheit

Responsible Management Education as Socialization: Business Students’ Values, Attitudes and Intentions pp. 17-35

Debbie Haski-Leventhal, Mehrdokht Pournader and Jennifer S. A. Leigh

Can Corporate Ethics Programs Reduce Unethical Behavior? Threat Appraisal or Coping Appraisal pp. 37-53

Taslima Jannat, Syed Shah Alam, Yi-Hui Ho, Nor Asiah Omar and Chieh-Yu Lin

Multilevel Examination of How and When Socially Responsible Human Resource Management Improves the Well-Being of Employees pp. 55-71

Zhe Zhang, Juan Wang and Ming Jia

A Newcomer Socialization Perspective on the Proliferation of Unethical Conduct in Organizations: The Influences of Peer Coaching Practices and Newcomers’ Goal Orientations pp. 73-88

Xiangmin Liu, Rebecca L. Greenbaum, David Allen and Zhengtang Zhang

A New Understanding of Marketing and “Doing Good”: Marketing’s Power in the TMT and Corporate Social Responsibility pp. 89-109

Wenbin Sun and Rahul Govind

Effects of Organizational Embeddedness on Unethical Pro-organizational Behavior: Roles of Perceived Status and Ethical Leadership pp. 111-125

Junghyun Lee, Se-Hyung Oh and Sanghee Park

Keeping Teams Together: How Ethical Leadership Moderates the Effects of Performance on Team Efficacy and Social Integration pp. 127-139

Sean R. Martin, Kyle J. Emich, Elizabeth J. McClean and Col. Todd Woodruff

An Ethical Inquiry of the Effect of Cockpit Automation on the Responsibilities of Airline Pilots: Dissonance or Meaningful Control? pp. 141-157

W. David Holford

Team Over-Empowerment in Market Research: A Virtue-Based Ethics Approach pp. 159-173

Terry R. Adler, Thomas G. Pittz, Hank B. Strevel, Dina Denney, Susan D. Steiner and Elizabeth S. Adler

A Moral Cleansing Process: How and When Does Unethical Pro-organizational Behavior Increase Prohibitive and Promotive Voice pp. 175-193

Ying Wang, Shufeng Xiao and Run Ren