Journal of Business Ethics

1998 - 2025

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

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Volume 171, issue 4, 2021

Normative Violence in Domestic Service: A Study of Exploitation, Status, and Grievability pp. 645-665

Rohit Varman, Per Skålén, Russell W. Belk and Himadri Roy Chaudhuri

How To Be a ‘Wise’ Researcher: Learning from the Aristotelian Approach to Practical Wisdom pp. 667-681

Sandrine Frémeaux, Thibaut Bardon and Clara Letierce

Sweatshops and Free Action: The Stakes of the Actualism/Possibilism Debate for Business Ethics pp. 683-694

Travis Timmerman and Abe Zakhem

Spatial Ethics Beyond the North–South Dichotomy: Moral Dilemmas in Favelas pp. 695-707

Daniel S. Lacerda, Fabio B. Meira and Vanessa Brulon

Self-regulation of Sexist Digital Advertising: From Ethics to Law pp. 709-718

David López Jiménez, Eduardo Carlos Dittmar and Jenny Patricia Vargas Portillo

Perceived Greenwashing: The Effects of Green Marketing on Environmental and Product Perceptions pp. 719-739

Szerena Szabo and Jane Webster

Translating Corporate Social Responsibility into Action: A Social Learning Perspective pp. 741-756

Amanuel G. Tekleab, Paul M. Reagan, Boram Do, Ariel Levi and Cary Lichtman

A Longitudinal Assessment of Corrective Advertising Mandated in United States v. Philip Morris USA, Inc pp. 757-770

Christopher Berry, Scot Burton, Jeremy Kees and J. Craig Andrews

The Effect of Consumer Perceptions of the Ethics of Retailers on Purchase Behavior and Word-of-Mouth: The Moderating Role of Ethical Beliefs pp. 771-788

Millissa F. Y. Cheung and Wai Ming To

Towards the Development of an Empirical Model for Islamic Corporate Social Responsibility: Evidence from the Middle East pp. 789-813

Petya Koleva

Work–Family Practices and Complexity of Their Usage: A Discourse Analysis Towards Socially Responsible Human Resource Management pp. 815-831

Suvi Heikkinen, Anna-Maija Lämsä and Charlotta Niemistö

Correction to: Corporate Essence and Identity in Criminal Law pp. 833-833

Mihailis E. Diamantis

Correction to: Drivers and Inhibitors of Internet Privacy Concern: A Multidimensional Development Theory Perspective pp. 835-835

Weiyin Hong, Frank K. Y. Chan and James Y. L. Thong

Volume 171, issue 3, 2021

Ethical Commitments and Credit Market Regulations pp. 421-433

Saad Azmat and Hira Ghaffar

Reporting Concerns About Earnings Quality: An Examination of Corporate Managers pp. 435-457

Joseph F. Brazel, Lorenzo Lucianetti and Tammie J. Schaefer

How Should Responsible Investors Behave? Keynes’s Distinction Between Entrepreneurship and Speculation Revisited pp. 459-473

Christian Hecker

Identity Drift: The Multivocality of Ethical Identity in Islamic Financial Institution pp. 475-494

Nunung Nurul Hidayah, Alan Lowe and Ivo Loo

Coercive Pressures and Anti-corruption Reporting: The Case of ASEAN Countries pp. 495-511

Tiyas Kurnia Sari, Fitra Roman Cahaya and Corina Joseph

Material Sustainability Information and Stock Price Informativeness pp. 513-544

Jody Grewal, Clarissa Hauptmann and George Serafeim

Microfranchising to Alleviate Poverty: An Innovation Network Perspective pp. 545-563

Laté Lawson-Lartego and Lars Mathiassen

Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosures and Investor Judgments in Difficult Times: The Role of Ethical Culture and Assurance pp. 565-582

Andrew C. Stuart, Jean C. Bedard and Cynthia E. Clark

Determinants of Electronic Word-of-Mouth on Social Networking Sites About Negative News on CSR pp. 583-597

Maria del García- de los Salmones, Angel Herrero and Patricia Martínez

When and Why Do Good People Not Do Good Deeds? Third-Party Observers’ Unfavorable Reactions to Negative Workplace Gossip pp. 599-617

Xing Zhou, Lele Fan, Cong Cheng and Yancheng Fan

A Multilevel Analysis of the Relationship Between Ethical Leadership and Ostracism: The Roles of Relational Climate, Employee Mindfulness, and Work Unit Structure pp. 619-638

Amanda Christensen-Salem, Fred O. Walumbwa, Mayowa T. Babalola, Liang Guo and Everlyne Misati

Book Review of African Virtue Ethics Traditions for Business and Management Edited by Kemi Ogunyemi pp. 639-643

C. Bryan Davis

Volume 171, issue 2, 2021

Popular Culture, Moral Narratives and Organizational Portrayals: A Multimodal Reflexive Analysis of a Reality Television Show pp. 211-226

Carine Farias, Tapiwa Seremani and Pablo D. Fernández

Virtue Beyond Contract: A MacIntyrean Approach to Employee Rights pp. 227-240

Caleb Bernacchio

Organizational Spirituality: Concept and Perspectives pp. 241-252

Raysa Geaquinto Rocha and Paulo Gonçalves Pinheiro

Unexpected Lives: The Intersection of Islam and Arab Women’s Entrepreneurship pp. 253-272

Hayfaa A. Tlaiss and Maura McAdam

Antecedents of Environmentally and Socially Responsible Sustainable Consumer Behavior pp. 273-293

Maja Hosta and Vesna Zabkar

Religious But Not Ethical: The Effects of Extrinsic Religiosity, Ethnocentrism and Self-righteousness on Consumers’ Ethical Judgments pp. 295-316

Denni Arli, Felix Septianto and Rafi M. M. I. Chowdhury

Beyond Warm Glow: The Risk-Mitigating Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) pp. 317-336

Abhi Bhattacharya, Valerie Good, Hanieh Sardashti and John Peloza

Punishment by Securities Regulators, Corporate Social Responsibility and the Cost of Debt pp. 337-356

Guangming Gong, Xin Huang, Sirui Wu, Haowen Tian and Wanjin Li

How Pro-social Framing Affects the Success of Crowdfunding Projects: The Role of Emphasis and Information Crowdedness pp. 357-378

Daniela Defazio, Chiara Franzoni and Cristina Rossi-Lamastra

How Do Companies Respond to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) ratings? Evidence from Italy pp. 379-397

Ester Clementino and Richard Perkins

Pay Secrecy, Discrimination, and Autonomy pp. 399-420

Matthew Caulfield

Volume 171, issue 1, 2021

When the Law Distinguishes Between the Enterprise and the Corporation: The Case of the New French Law on Corporate Purpose pp. 1-13

Blanche Segrestin, Armand Hatchuel and Kevin Levillain

The Transformation from Traditional Nonprofit Organizations to Social Enterprises: An Institutional Entrepreneurship Perspective pp. 15-32

Wai Wai Ko and Gordon Liu

The Ethics of Entrepreneurial Philanthropy pp. 33-49

Charles Harvey, Jillian Gordon and Mairi Maclean

Measuring Social Performance in Social Enterprises: A Global Study of Microfinance Institutions pp. 51-71

Leif Atle Beisland, Kwame Ohene Djan, Roy Mersland and Trond Randøy

Local Public Corruption and Bank Lending Activity in the United States pp. 73-98

Theodora Bermpei, Antonios Nikolaos Kalyvas and Leone Leonida

The Influence of a Family Business Climate and CEO–CFO Relationship Quality on Misreporting Conduct pp. 99-122

Jingyu Gao, Adi Masli, Ikseon Suh and Jingchang Xu

Managerial Aspirations and Suspect Leaders: The Effect of Relative Performance and Leader Succession on Organizational Misconduct pp. 123-138

Mark Davis, Marcus Cox and Melissa Baucus

Confident and Cunning: Negotiator Self-Efficacy Promotes Deception in Negotiations pp. 139-155

Joseph P. Gaspar and Maurice E. Schweitzer

Ingratiating with Despotic Leaders to Gain Status: The Role of Power Distance Orientation and Self-enhancement Motive pp. 157-174

Dirk De Clercq, Tasneem Fatima and Sadia Jahanzeb

Advertising Primed: How Professional Identity Affects Moral Reasoning pp. 175-187

Erin Schauster, Patrick Ferrucci, Edson Tandoc and Tara Walker

Mood and Ethical Decision Making: Positive Affect and Corporate Philanthropy pp. 189-208

Leon Zolotoy, Don O’Sullivan, Myeong-Gu Seo and Madhu Veeraraghavan

Review of Joy at Work: Organizing Your Professional Life by Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein pp. 209-210

M. Joy Hayes

Volume 170, issue 4, 2021

Politicising Government Engagement with Corporate Social Responsibility: “CSR” as an Empty Signifier pp. 635-655

Anna Zueva and Jenny Fairbrass

Addressing Governance Gaps in Global Value Chains: Introducing a Systematic Typology pp. 657-672

Stephanie Schrage and Dirk Ulrich Gilbert

Towards a Grainier Understanding of How to Encourage Morally Responsible Leadership Through the Development of Phronesis: A Typology of Managerial Phronesis pp. 673-695

Francois Steyn and Kosheek Sewchurran

Mapping the Ethicality of Algorithmic Pricing: A Review of Dynamic and Personalized Pricing pp. 697-719

Peter Seele, Claus Dierksmeier, Reto Hofstetter and Mario D. Schultz

The Role of Ethical Standards in the Relationship Between Religious Social Norms and M&A Announcement Returns pp. 721-742

Leon Zolotoy, Don O’Sullivan and Keke Song

Analyzing Leadership Attributes in Faith-Based Organizations: Idealism Versus Reality pp. 743-757

Krystin Zigan, YingFei Héliot and Alan Grys

Correction to: Analyzing Leadership Attributes in Faith-Based Organizations: Idealism Versus Reality pp. 759-759

Krystin Zigan, YingFei Héliot and Alan Grys

Team Ethical Cultures Within an Organization: A Differentiation Perspective on Their Existence and Relevance pp. 761-780

Guillem C. Cabana and Muel Kaptein

Reconceptualizing Entrepreneurial Performance: The Creation and Destruction of Value from a Stakeholder Capabilities Perspective pp. 781-796

Ishrat Ali and Griffin W. Cottle

Higher Ethical Objective (Maqasid al-Shari’ah) Augmented Framework for Islamic Banks: Assessing Ethical Performance and Exploring Its Determinants pp. 797-834

Arman Mergaliyev, Mehmet Asutay, Alija Avdukic and Yusuf Karbhari

Does Religion Shape Corporate Cost Behavior? pp. 835-855

Lijun Ma, Xin Wang and Che Zhang

Exploring the Curvature of the Relationship Between HRM–CSR and Corporate Financial Performance pp. 857-873

Olivier Meier, Philippe Naccache and Guillaume Schier

Flawed Like Us and the Starry Moral Law: Review of Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan pp. 875-879

Tae Wan Kim

Volume 170, issue 3, 2021

A Normative Meaning of Meaningful Work pp. 413-428

Christopher Michaelson

Moral Development in Business Ethics: An Examination and Critique pp. 429-448

Kristen Bell DeTienne, Carol Frogley Ellertson, Marc-Charles Ingerson and William R. Dudley

Not All Followers Socially Learn from Ethical Leaders: The Roles of Followers’ Moral Identity and Leader Identification in the Ethical Leadership Process pp. 449-469

Zhen Wang, Lu Xing, Haoying Xu and Sean T. Hannah

The Effects of Immigration on Labour Tax Avoidance: An Empirical Spatial Analysis pp. 471-496

Diego Ravenda, Maika M. Valencia-Silva, Josep M. Argiles-Bosch and Josep García-Blandón

Dealing with Ethical Dilemmas: A Look at Financial Reporting by Firms Facing Product Harm Crises pp. 497-518

Shafu Zhang, Like Jiang, Michel Magnan and Lixin Nancy Su

International Investment Agreements and the Escalation of Private Power in the Global Agri-Food System pp. 519-533

Anna Clare Bull, Jagjit Plahe and Lachlan Gregory

Are Politically Endorsed Firms More Socially Responsible? Selective Engagement in Corporate Social Responsibility pp. 535-555

Xiaowei Rose Luo and Danqing Wang

Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Fraud: The Moderating Effects of Governance and Religiosity pp. 557-576

Xing Li, Jeong-Bon Kim, Haibin Wu and Yangxin Yu

The Carrot or the Stick: Self-Regulation for Gender-Diverse Boards via Codes of Good Governance pp. 577-593

Heike Mensi-Klarbach, Stephan Leixnering and Michael Schiffinger

Does It Pay to Invest in Japanese Women? Evidence from the MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index pp. 595-613

Jonathan Peillex, Sabri Boubaker and Breeda Comyns

Does A Trusted Leader Always Behave Better? The Relationship Between Leader Feeling Trusted by Employees and Benevolent and Laissez-Faire Leadership Behaviors pp. 615-634

Xingwen Chen, Zheng Zhu and Jun Liu

Volume 170, issue 2, 2021

Opening Constructive Dialogues Between Business Ethics Research and the Sociology of Morality: Introduction to the Thematic Symposium pp. 201-211

Masoud Shadnam, Andrey Bykov and Ajnesh Prasad

Constrained Morality in the Professional Work of Corporate Lawyers pp. 213-228

Dawn Yi Lin Chow and Thomas Calvard

New Moralities for New Media? Assessing the Role of Social Media in Acts of Terror and Providing Points of Deliberation for Business Ethics pp. 229-251

Ateeq Abdul Rauf

Is the Market Perceived to be Civilizing or Destructive? Scientists’ Universalism Values and Their Attitudes Towards Patents pp. 253-267

Jared L. Peifer, David R. Johnson and Elaine Howard Ecklund

The Morality of “new” CEO Activism pp. 269-285

Layla Branicki, Stephen Brammer, Alison Pullen and Carl Rhodes

From Black Pain to Rhodes Must Fall: A Rejectionist Perspective pp. 287-311

Rashedur Chowdhury

Sweated Labor as a Social Phenomenon Lessons from the 19th Century Sweatshop Discussion pp. 313-328

Michael S. Aßländer

Are Liberated Companies a Concrete Application of Sen’s Capability Approach? pp. 329-342

Roberta Sferrazzo and Renato Ruffini

B Corp Certification and Its Impact on Organizations Over Time pp. 343-357

Malu Villela, Sergio Bulgacov and Glenn Morgan

Harnessing Multidimensional Legitimacy for Codes of Ethics: A Staged Approach pp. 359-373

Hugh Breakey

From Credit Risk to Social Impact: On the Funding Determinants in Interest-Free Peer-to-Peer Lending pp. 375-400

Gregor Dorfleitner, Eva-Maria Oswald and Rongxin Zhang

Adam Smith and Catholic Social Teaching pp. 401-411

Nuno Martins

Volume 170, issue 1, 2021

Reconnecting to the Social in Business Ethics pp. 1-4

Gazi Islam and Michelle Greenwood

An Agonistic Notion of Political CSR: Melding Activism and Deliberation pp. 5-19

Cedric E. Dawkins

Firms Talk, Suppliers Walk: Analyzing the Locus of Greenwashing in the Blame Game and Introducing ‘Vicarious Greenwashing’ pp. 21-38

Marta Pizzetti, Lucia Gatti and Peter Seele

Corporate Social Responsibility as Obligated Internalisation of Social Costs pp. 39-52

Andrew Johnston, Kenneth Amaeshi, Emmanuel Adegbite and Onyeka Osuji

Greasing Dirty Machines: Evidence of Pollution-Driven Bribery in China pp. 53-74

Yanlei Zhang

Consumer Reactions to Tax Avoidance: Evidence from the United States and Germany pp. 75-96

Inga Hardeck, J. William Harden and David R. Upton

Reducing Accounting Aggressiveness with General Ethical Norms and Decision Structure pp. 97-113

Khim Kelly and Pamela R. Murphy

Consequences of Moral Transgressions: How Regulatory Focus Orientation Motivates or Hinders Moral Decoupling pp. 115-132

Kirsten Cowan and Atefeh Yazdanparast

The Impact of Authoritarian Leadership on Ethical Voice: A Moderated Mediation Model of Felt Uncertainty and Leader Benevolence pp. 133-146

Yuyan Zheng, Les Graham, Jiing-Lih Farh and Xu Huang

Humility Harmonized? Exploring Whether and How Leader and Employee Humility (In)Congruence Influences Employee Citizenship and Deviance Behaviors pp. 147-165

Xin Qin, Xin Liu, Jacob A. Brown, Xiaoming Zheng and Bradley P. Owens

Supervisors’ Value Orientations and Ethics: A Cross-National Analysis pp. 167-180

Chung-wen Chen, Hsiu-Huei Yu, Kristine Velasquez Tuliao, Aditya Simha and Yi-Ying Chang

A Developmental Model for Educating Wise Leaders: The Role of Mindfulness and Habitus in Creating Time for Embodying Wisdom pp. 181-194

David Rooney, Wendelin Küpers, David Pauleen and Ekatarina Zhuravleva

Review of The Time Is Now: Developing Leaders for Today's Organizations of Color by Cassandra Y. Owens and Helen J. Owens pp. 195-199

Vickie Cox Edmondson