Journal of Business Ethics

1998 - 2025

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Volume 173, issue 4, 2021

Government Initiated Corporate Social Responsibility Activities: Evidence from a Poverty Alleviation Campaign in China pp. 661-685

Yuyuan Chang, Wen He and Jianling Wang

To Formalize or Not to Formalize: Women Entrepreneurs’ Sensemaking of Business Registration in the Context of Nepal pp. 687-708

Shova Thapa Karki, Mirela Xheneti and Adrian Madden

The Influence of Interorganizational Collaboration on Logic Conciliation and Tensions Within Hybrid Organizations: Insights from Social Enterprise–Corporate Collaborations pp. 709-721

Claudia Savarese, Benjamin Huybrechts and Marek Hudon

Start ‘Em Early: Pastoral Power and the Confessional Culture of Leadership Development in the US University pp. 723-736

Nicole Ferry and Eric Guthey

Twitter Presence and Experience Improve Corporate Social Responsibility Outcomes pp. 737-757

Siva K. Balasubramanian, Yiwei Fang and Zihao Yang

Green is the New White: How Virtue Motivates Green Product Purchase pp. 759-776

Nathalie Spielmann

Business or Basic Needs? The Impact of Loan Purpose on Social Crowdfunding Platforms pp. 777-793

Hadar Gafni, Marek Hudon and Anaïs Périlleux

Paymasters and Assurance Providers: Exploring Firms’ Discretion in Selecting Non-financial Auditors pp. 795-811

Daniel Prajogo, Pavel Castka and Cory Searcy

The Role of Institutional Uncertainty for Social Sustainability of Companies and Supply Chains pp. 813-833

Nikolas K. Kelling, Philipp C. Sauer, Stefan Gold and Stefan Seuring

Local Business, Local Peace? Intergroup and Economic Dynamics pp. 835-854

Jay Joseph, John E. Katsos and Mariam Daher

Socially Sustainable Supply Chain Management and Suppliers’ Social Performance: The Role of Social Capital pp. 855-875

Mohammad Alghababsheh and David Gallear

Volume 173, issue 3, 2021

Transmodernizing Management Historiographies of Consumerism for the Majority pp. 447-465

Alex Faria and Marcus Hemais

Does Integrity Matter in BOP Ventures? The Role of Responsible Leadership in Inclusive Supply Chains pp. 467-488

María Helena Jaén, Ezequiel Reficco and Gabriel Berger

Creating Shared Value Meets Human Rights: A Sense-Making Perspective in Small-Scale Firms pp. 489-505

Elisa Giuliani, Annamaria Tuan and José Calvimontes Cano

“Democracy is the Cure?”: Evolving Constructions of Corruption in Indonesia 1994–2014 pp. 507-523

Kanti Pertiwi and Susan Ainsworth

Democratic Governance and the Ethics of Market Compliance pp. 525-537

David Silver

Coalitions and Public Action in the Reshaping of Corporate Responsibility: The Case of the Retail Banking Industry pp. 539-558

Marta Cuesta-González, Julie Froud and Daniel Tischer

Philanthropic Nation Branding, Ideology, and Accumulation: Insights from the Canadian Context pp. 559-576

Adam Saifer

Geographic Clustering of Corruption in the United States pp. 577-597

Nishant Dass, Vikram Nanda and Steven Chong Xiao

De-Escalate Commitment? Firm Responses to the Threat of Negative Reputation Spillovers from Alliance Partners’ Environmental Misconduct pp. 599-616

Anne Norheim-Hansen and Pierre-Xavier Meschi

Corporate Social Responsibility Performance, Incentives, and Learning Effects pp. 617-641

Giovanni-Battista Derchi, Laura Zoni and Andrea Dossi

The Information Role of Earnings Conference Call Tone: Evidence from Stock Price Crash Risk pp. 643-660

Xi Fu, Xiaoxi Wu and Zhifang Zhang

Volume 173, issue 2, 2021

Feminist Ethics and Women Leaders: From Difference to Intercorporeality pp. 233-243

Alison Pullen and Sheena J. Vachhani

Leaning in: A Historical Perspective on Influencing Women’s Leadership pp. 245-259

Simone T. A. Phipps and Leon C. Prieto

Corporate Governance and Supplemental Environmental Projects: A Restorative Justice Approach pp. 261-280

Muhammad Nadeem

The Role of Risk Climate and Ethical Self-interest Climate in Predicting Unethical Pro-organisational Behaviour pp. 281-300

Elizabeth Sheedy, Patrick Garcia and Denise Jepsen

Mindfulness Reduces Avaricious Monetary Attitudes and Enhances Ethical Consumer Beliefs: Mindfulness Training, Timing, and Practicing Matter pp. 301-323

Elodie Gentina, Carole Daniel and Thomas Li-Ping Tang

Concern for the Transgressor’s Consequences: An Explanation for Why Wrongdoing Remains Unreported pp. 325-344

Saera R. Khan and Lauren C. Howe

If You Can’t Join ‘Em, Report ‘Em: A Model of Ostracism and Whistleblowing in Teams pp. 345-363

Trevor M. Spoelma, Nitya Chawla and Aleksander P. J. Ellis

Explaining Viral CSR Message Propagation in Social Media: The Role of Normative Influences pp. 365-385

Patrick Hartmann, Paula Fernández, Vanessa Apaolaza, Martin Eisend and Clare D’Souza

Progressive Pricing: The Ethical Case for Price Personalization pp. 387-398

Jerod Coker and Jean-Manuel Izaret

Correction to: Progressive Pricing: The Ethical Case for Price Personalization pp. 399-399

Jerod Coker and Jean-Manuel Izaret

Partner Gender Differences in Prestige of Clients Served at the Largest U.S. Audit Firms pp. 401-421

Elizabeth D. Almer, M. Kathleen Harris, Julia L. Higgs and Joseph R. Rakestraw

Linking Management Theory with Poverty Alleviation Efforts Through Market Orchestration pp. 423-446

Geoffrey M. Kistruck and Patrick Shulist

Volume 173, issue 1, 2021

On Becoming and Being an Ethical Leader: A Platonic Interpretation pp. 1-11

Stelios Zyglidopoulos

A Nozickian Case for Compulsory Employment Injury Insurance: The Example of Sweatshops pp. 13-27

Damian Bäumlisberger

Responsible Leadership and Reputation Management During a Crisis: The Cases of Delta and United Airlines pp. 29-45

Tulika M. Varma

Valuation Effect of Emotionality in Corporate Philanthropy pp. 47-67

Anh Dang and Trung Nguyen

Espoused Values of the “Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For”: Essential Themes and Implementation Practices pp. 69-88

Peter G. Dominick, Dimitra Iordanoglou, Gregory Prastacos and Richard R. Reilly

The role of Corporate Social Responsibility in Organisational Identity Communication, Co-Creation and Orientation pp. 89-108

Mohamed Karim Sorour, Mark Boadu and Teerooven Soobaroyen

When is Sustainability a Liability, and When Is It an Asset? Quality Inferences for Core and Peripheral Attributes pp. 109-132

Siv Skard, Sveinung Jørgensen and Lars Jacob Tynes Pedersen

Board Diversity and Corporate Social Responsibility: Empirical Evidence from France pp. 133-155

Rania Beji, Ouidad Yousfi, Nadia Loukil and Abdelwahed Omri

Can CSR Disclosure Protect Firm Reputation During Financial Restatements? pp. 157-184

Lu Zhang, Yuan George Shan and Millicent Chang

Frequent CEO Turnover and Firm Performance: The Resilience Effect of Workforce Diversity pp. 185-203

Youngsang Kim, Sophia Soyoung Jeong, Daphne W. Yiu and Jinhee Moon

Do Management Training Grounds Reduce Internal Auditor Objectivity and External Auditor Reliance? The Influence of Family Firms pp. 205-227

Ikseon Suh, Adi Masli and John T. Sweeney

Review of Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar pp. 229-231

Azish Filabi

Volume 172, issue 4, 2021

John Rawls’ Concept of the Reasonable: A Study of Stakeholder Action and Reaction Between British Petroleum and the Victims of the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico pp. 621-637

Kristian Alm and Mark Brown

Managers as Moral Leaders: Moral Identity Processes in the Context of Work pp. 639-652

Mari Huhtala, Päivi Fadjukoff and Jane Kroger

The Moral Disillusionment Model of Organizational Transgressions: Ethical Transgressions Trigger More Negative Reactions from Consumers When Committed by Nonprofits pp. 653-671

Matthew J. Hornsey, Cassandra M. Chapman, Heidi Mangan, Stephen Macchia and Nicole Gillespie

Going Down the Slippery Slope of Legitimacy Lies in Early-Stage Ventures: The Role of Moral Disengagement pp. 673-690

Vasilis Theoharakis, Seraphim Voliotis and Jeffrey M. Pollack

Public Sector Organizational Failure: A Study of Collective Denial in the UK National Health Service pp. 691-706

Jane Hendy and Danielle A. Tucker

Doing Good, Feeling Good? Entrepreneurs’ Social Value Creation Beliefs and Work-Related Well-Being pp. 707-725

Steven A. Brieger, Dirk Clercq and Timo Meynhardt

Social Norms Moderate the Effect of Tax System on Tax Evasion: Evidence from a Large-Scale Survey Experiment pp. 727-746

Maciej A. Górecki and Natalia Letki

Designing Ethical Management Control: Overcoming the Harmful Effect of Management Control Systems on Job-Related Stress pp. 747-764

Stefan Linder, Bernard Leca, Adrián Zicari and Veronica Casarin

Do National Differences in Social Capital and Corporate Ethical Behaviour Perceptions Influence the Use of Collateral? Cross-Country Evidence pp. 765-784

Giota Papadimitri, Fotios Pasiouras and Menelaos Tasiou

On Ethical Violations in Microfinance Backed Small Businesses: Family and Household Welfare pp. 785-802

Rahul Nilakantan, Deepak Iyengar, Samar K. Datta and Shashank Rao

Moral Pragmatism as a Bridge Between Duty, Utility, and Virtue in Managers’ Ethical Decision-Making pp. 803-819

Matej Drašček, Adriana Rejc Buhovac and Dana Mesner Andolšek

Volume 172, issue 3, 2021

Corporate Leadership and Mass Atrocity pp. 407-423

Sarah Federman

To Be or Not to Be Governed Like That? Harmful and/or Offensive Advertising Complaints in the United Kingdom’s (Self-) Regulatory Context pp. 425-446

Kristina Auxtova, Mary Brennan and Stephen Dunne

The Unethical Enterprise of the Past: Lessons from the Collapse of Archaeological Heritage Management in Spain pp. 447-461

Eva Parga Dans and Pablo Alonso González

The Effect of Large Corporate Donors on Non-profit Performance pp. 463-485

Andrew Finley, Curtis Hall, Erica Harris and Stephen J. Lusch

How Lack of Integrity and Tyrannical Leadership of Managers Influence Employee Improvement-Oriented Behaviors pp. 487-502

Jean-Sébastien Boudrias, Vincent Rousseau and Denis Lajoie

Servant Leadership Influencing Store-Level Profit: The Mediating Effect of Employee Flourishing pp. 503-524

Vincent J. Giolito, Robert C. Liden, Dirk Dierendonck and Gordon W. Cheung

Reconceptualizing Moral Disengagement as a Process: Transcending Overly Liberal and Overly Conservative Practice in the Field pp. 525-543

Ulf Schaefer and Onno Bouwmeester

Leader Goal Orientation and Ethical Leadership: A Socio-Cognitive Approach of the Impact of Leader Goal-Oriented Behavior on Employee Unethical Behavior pp. 545-561

Dennis J. Marquardt, Wendy J. Casper and Maribeth Kuenzi

Should Managers Provide General or Specific Ethical Guidelines to Employees: Insights from a Mixed Methods Study pp. 563-580

Shahidul Hassan, Sheela Pandey and Sanjay K. Pandey

Ethical, Virtuous, and Charismatic Leadership: An Examination of Differential Relationships with Follower and Leader Outcomes pp. 581-603

Afif G. Nassif, Rick D. Hackett and Gordon Wang

Off-Duty Deviance in the Eye of the Beholder: Implications of Moral Foundations Theory in the Age of Social Media pp. 605-620

Warren Cook and Kristine M. Kuhn

Volume 172, issue 2, 2021

From ‘Whodunit’ to ‘How’: Detective Stories and Auditability in Qualitative Business Ethics Research pp. 195-209

Lakshmi Balachandran Nair

On the Ethics of Psychometric Instruments Used in Leadership Development Programmes pp. 211-227

Suze Wilson, Hugh Lee, Jackie Ford and Nancy Harding

Responding to Diffused Stakeholders on Social Media: Connective Power and Firm Reactions to CSR-Related Twitter Messages pp. 229-252

Gregory D. Saxton, Charlotte Ren and Chao Guo

Do Corporate Social Responsibility Reports Convey Value Relevant Information? Evidence from Report Readability and Tone pp. 253-274

Shuili Du and Kun Yu

Processing Contradictory CSR Information: The Influence of Primacy and Recency Effects on the Consumer-Firm Relationship pp. 275-289

Michael C. Peasley, Parker J. Woodroof and Joshua T. Coleman

Ethical Consumption Communities Across Physical and Digital Spaces: An Exploration of Their Complementary and Synergistic Affordances pp. 291-306

Vera Hoelscher and Andreas Chatzidakis

Analogical Encoding Fosters Ethical Decision Making Because Improved Knowledge of Ethical Principles Increases Moral Awareness pp. 307-324

Jihyeon Kim and Jeffrey Loewenstein

Responsible Firm Behaviour in Political Markets: Judging the Ethicality of Corporate Political Activity in Weak Institutional Environments pp. 325-345

Tahiru Azaaviele Liedong

Do National Cultures Matter for External Audits? Evidence from Eastern Europe and the Middle East pp. 347-359

Boubacar Diallo

Price? Quality? Or Sustainability? Segmenting by Disposition Toward Self-other Tradeoffs Predicts Consumers’ Sustainable Decision-Making pp. 361-378

Spencer M. Ross and George R. Milne

Two Wrongs Make a ‘Right’? Exploring the Ethical Calculus of Earnings Management Before Large Labor Dismissals pp. 379-405

Ionela Andreicovici, Nava Cohen, Silvia Ferramosca and Alessandro Ghio

Volume 172, issue 1, 2021

Sustainability Beyond Instrumentality: Towards an Immanent Ethics of Organizational Environmentalism pp. 1-14

Christian Garmann Johnsen

Between Morals and Markets? An Interdisciplinary Conceptual Framework for Studying Working Conditions at Catholic Social Service Providers in Belgium and Germany pp. 15-29

Nadja Doerflinger, Dries Bosschaert, Adeline Otto, Tim Opgenhaffen and Lander Vermeerbergen

In Adam Smith’s Own Words: The Role of Virtues in the Relationship Between Free Market Economies and Societal Flourishing, A Semantic Network Data-Mining Approach pp. 31-42

Johan Graafland and Thomas R. Wells

A Pyramid of Hate Perspective on Religious Bias, Discrimination and Violence pp. 43-58

Jawad Syed and Faiza Ali

When Blame-Giving Crisis Communications are Persuasive: A Dual-Influence Model and Its Boundary Conditions pp. 59-78

Paolo Antonetti and Ilaria Baghi

Justice Climate and Workgroup Outcomes: The Role of Coworker Fair Behavior and Workgroup Structure pp. 79-99

Maureen L. Ambrose, Darryl B. Rice and David M. Mayer

The Association Between Vertical Equity and Presidential Voting Behavior and Taxpayers’ Compliance pp. 101-114

Jonathan Farrar, Dawn W. Massey, Errol Osecki and Linda Thorne

Do Corporate Frauds Distort Suppliers’ Investment Decisions? pp. 115-132

Cheng Yin, Xin Cheng, Yinan Yang and Dan Palmon

Doing Good While Behaving Badly: Checkout Charity Process Mechanisms pp. 133-149

Michael Giebelhausen, Benjamin Lawrence and HaeEun Helen Chun

Stakeholder Perceptions of Risk in Mandatory Corporate Responsibility Disclosure pp. 151-174

Lisa Baudot, Zhongwei Huang and Dana Wallace

Behavioral Integrity: Examining the Effects of Trust Velocity and Psychological Contract Breach pp. 175-190

Gretchen R. Vogelgesang, Craig Crossley, Tony Simons and Bruce J. Avolio

Review of Honorable Business: A Framework for Business in a Just and Humane Society by James R. Otteson pp. 191-193

Gregory J. Robson