Journal of Business Ethics

1998 - 2025

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Volume 158, issue 4, 2019

Power, Status and Expectations: How Narcissism Manifests Among Women CEOs pp. 893-907

Alicia R. Ingersoll, Christy Glass, Alison Cook and Kari Joseph Olsen

To Disclose or Not to Disclose: The Ironic Effects of the Disclosure of Personal Information About Ethnically Distinct Newcomers to a Team pp. 909-921

Bret Crane, Melissa Thomas-Hunt and Selin Kesebir

The Role of the Applicant’s Moral Identity and the Firm’s Performance on the Ethical Signals/Organization Attraction Relationship pp. 923-935

Sandra W. DeGrassi

Why and When Employees Like to Speak up More Under Humble Leaders? The Roles of Personal Sense of Power and Power Distance pp. 937-950

Xiaoshuang Lin, Zhen Xiong Chen, Herman H. M. Tse, Wu Wei and Chao Ma

Ethics Versus Outcomes: Managerial Responses to Incentive-Driven and Goal-Induced Employee Behavior pp. 951-967

Gary M. Fleischman, Eric N. Johnson, Kenton B. Walker and Sean R. Valentine

Sifarish: Understanding the Ethical Versus Unethical Use of Network-Based Hiring in Pakistan pp. 969-982

Sadia Nadeem and Neelab Kayani

Feeling Energized: A Multilevel Model of Spiritual Leadership, Leader Integrity, Relational Energy, and Job Performance pp. 983-997

Fu Yang, Jun Liu, Zhen Wang and Yucheng Zhang

Understanding Protestant and Islamic Work Ethic Studies: A Content Analysis of Articles pp. 999-1008

R. Arzu Kalemci and Ipek Kalemci Tuzun

Muslims’ View of God as a Predictor of Ethical Behaviour in Organisations: Scale Development and Validation pp. 1009-1027

Faisal Alshehri, Saleema Kauser and Marianna Fotaki

Employee Treatment and Contracting with Bank Lenders: An Instrumental Approach for Stakeholder Management pp. 1029-1046

Bill Francis, Iftekhar Hasan, Liuling Liu and Haizhi Wang

Hardworking as a Heuristic for Moral Character: Why We Attribute Moral Values to Those Who Work Hard and Its Implications pp. 1047-1062

Clinton Amos, Lixuan Zhang and David Read

Remuneration Committees and Attribution Disclosures on Remuneration Decisions: Australian Evidence pp. 1063-1082

Sutharson Kanapathippillai, Dessalegn Mihret and Shireenjit Johl

The Predictive Effects of Workplace Ostracism on Employee Attitudes: A Job Embeddedness Perspective pp. 1083-1095

Yijing Lyu and Hong Zhu

When Leaders and Followers Match: The Impact of Objective Value Congruence, Value Extremity, and Empowerment on Employee Commitment and Job Satisfaction pp. 1097-1112

Olivia A. U. Byza, Stefan L. Dörr, Sebastian C. Schuh and Günter W. Maier

Abusive Supervision and Employee Deviance: A Multifoci Justice Perspective pp. 1113-1131

Haesang Park, Jenny M. Hoobler, Junfeng Wu, Robert C. Liden, Jia Hu and Morgan S. Wilson

The Relationship Between Individual Work Values and Unethical Decision-Making and Behavior at Work pp. 1133-1148

Luis M. Arciniega, Laura J. Stanley, Diana Puga-Méndez, Dalia Obregón-Schael and Isaac Politi-Salame

Are “Bad” Employees Happier Under Bad Bosses? Differing Effects of Abusive Supervision on Low and High Primary Psychopathy Employees pp. 1149-1164

Charlice Hurst, Lauren Simon, Yongsuhk Jung and Dante Pirouz

Boundary Conditions of Ethical Leadership: Exploring Supervisor-Induced and Job Hindrance Stress as Potential Inhibitors pp. 1165-1184

Matthew J. Quade, Sara J. Perry and Emily M. Hunter

Satisfied with the Job, But Not with the Boss: Leaders’ Expressions of Gratitude and Pride Differentially Signal Leader Selfishness, Resulting in Differing Levels of Followers’ Satisfaction pp. 1185-1202

Lisa Ritzenhöfer, Prisca Brosi, Matthias Spörrle and Isabell M. Welpe

Volume 158, issue 3, 2019

The Moral Foundations of Consumer Ethics pp. 585-601

Rafi M. M. I. Chowdhury

Is Child Advertising Inherently Unfair? pp. 603-615

David Rowthorn

“It’s Us, You Know, There’s a Feeling of Community”: Exploring Notions of Community in a Consumer Co-operative pp. 617-635

Victoria Wells, Nick Ellis, Richard Slack and Mona Moufahim

Understanding Ethical Consumers Through Person/Thing Orientation Approach pp. 637-658

Hyemi Lee

Ethical Products = Less Strong: How Explicit and Implicit Reliance on the Lay Theory Affects Consumption Behaviors pp. 659-677

Robert Mai, Stefan Hoffmann, Wassili Lasarov and Arne Buhs

Understanding Collaborative Consumption: An Extension of the Theory of Planned Behavior with Value-Based Personal Norms pp. 679-697

Daniel Roos and Rüdiger Hahn

How Does Brand Age Influence Consumer Attitudes Toward a Firm’s Unethical Behavior? pp. 699-711

Chi Zhang, Saim Kashmiri and Melissa Cinelli

Who Approves Fraudulence? Configurational Causes of Consumers’ Unethical Judgments pp. 713-726

Alexander Leischnig and Arch G. Woodside

How Implicit Ethics Institutionalization Affects Ethical Selling Intention: The Case of Taiwan’s Life Insurance Salespeople pp. 727-742

Lu-Ming Tseng

Does Deceptive Marketing Pay? The Evolution of Consumer Sentiment Surrounding a Pseudo-Product-Harm Crisis pp. 743-761

Reo Song, Ho Kim, Gene Moo Lee and Sungha Jang

Does Economic Rationalization Decrease or Increase Accounting Professionals’ Occupational Values? pp. 763-777

Girts Racko

Do Bond Investors Care About Engagement Auditors’ Negative Experiences? Evidence from China pp. 779-806

Guangming Gong, Liang Xiao, Si Xu and Xun Gong

Flow and Information Sharing as Predictors of Ethical Selling Behavior pp. 807-823

Guda Sridhar and Teidorlang Lyngdoh

Organizational Architecture, Ethical Culture, and Perceived Unethical Behavior Towards Customers: Evidence from Wholesale Banking pp. 825-848

Raymond O. S. Zaal, Ronald J. M. Jeurissen and Edward A. G. Groenland

What’s in a Surname? The Effect of Auditor-CEO Surname Sharing on Financial Misstatement pp. 849-874

Xingqiang Du

The Differential Influence of Identification on Ethical Judgment: The Role of Brand Love pp. 875-891

M. Deniz Dalman, Mari W. Buche and Junhong Min

Volume 158, issue 2, 2019

Thematic Symposium: Accounting Ethics and Regulation: SOX 15 Years Later pp. 293-296

Sally Gunz and Linda Thorne

How Do Investors Respond to Restatements? Repairing Trust Through Managerial Reputation and the Announcement of Corrective Actions pp. 297-312

Anna M. Cianci, Shana M. Clor-Proell and Steven E. Kaplan

The Effects of Clawbacks on Auditors’ Propensity to Propose Restatements and Risk Assessments pp. 313-332

William D. Brink, Jonathan H. Grenier, Jonathan S. Pyzoha and Andrew Reffett

The Relationship Between Sarbanes–Oxley Policies and Donor Advisories in Nonprofit Organizations pp. 333-351

Gregory D. Saxton and Daniel G. Neely

The Role of CSR in Crises: Integration of Situational Crisis Communication Theory and the Persuasion Knowledge Model pp. 353-372

Chang-Dae Ham and Jeesun Kim

Stakeholder Salience for Small Businesses: A Social Proximity Perspective pp. 373-385

Merja Lähdesmäki, Marjo Siltaoja and Laura J. Spence

Profit-Driven Corporate Social Responsibility as a Bayesian Real Option in Green Computing pp. 387-402

Hemantha S. B. Herath, Tejaswini C. Herath and Paul Dunn

Corporate Tax: What Do Stakeholders Expect? pp. 403-426

Carola Hillenbrand, Kevin Guy Money, Chris Brooks and Nicole Tovstiga

Ethical Leadership and Corporate Social Responsibility in China: A Multilevel Study of Their Effects on Trust and Organizational Citizenship Behavior pp. 427-440

Louise Tourigny, Jian Han, Vishwanath V. Baba and Polly Pan

Does State Community Benefits Regulation Influence Charity Care and Operational Efficiency in U.S. Non-profit Hospitals? pp. 441-465

Melvin A. Lamboy-Ruiz, James N. Cannon and Olena V. Watanabe

Managerial Efficiency, Corporate Social Performance, and Corporate Financial Performance pp. 467-486

Seong Y. Cho and Cheol Lee

Local Social Environment, Firm Tax Policy, and Firm Characteristics pp. 487-506

Ziqi Gao, Louise Yi Lu and Yangxin Yu

Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Disclosures: An Investigation of Investors’ and Analysts’ Perceptions pp. 507-534

Audrey Hsu, Kevin Koh, Sophia Liu and Yen H. Tong

Investment Ethics and the Global Economy of Sports: The Norwegian Oil Fund, Formula 1 and the 2014 Russian Grand Prix pp. 535-546

Hans Erik Næss

Ethical Leadership with Both “Moral Person” and “Moral Manager” Aspects: Scale Development and Cross-Cultural Validation pp. 547-565

Weichun Zhu, Xiaoming Zheng, Hongwei He, Gang Wang and Xi Zhang

Disciplinary Actions by State Professional Licensing Boards: Are They Fair? pp. 567-583

Cynthia L. Krom

Volume 158, issue 1, 2019

Managing Carbon Aspirations: The Influence of Corporate Climate Change Targets on Environmental Performance pp. 1-24

Frederik Dahlmann, Layla Branicki and Stephen Brammer

Do Stakeholder Orientation and Environmental Proactivity Impact Firm Profitability? pp. 25-46

Franck Brulhart, Sandrine Gherra and Bertrand Quelin

Drivers of Green Innovations: The Impact of Export Intensity, Women Leaders, and Absorptive Capacity pp. 47-61

Jeremy Galbreath

In Search of Sustainable Behaviour: The Role of Core Values and Personality Traits pp. 63-79

Joel Marcus and Jason Roy

When Does Family Ownership Promote Proactive Environmental Strategy? The Role of the Firm’s Long-Term Orientation pp. 81-95

Junsheng Dou, Emma Su and Song Wang

ISO 14001 Certification and Corporate Technological Innovation: Evidence from Chinese Firms pp. 97-117

Wenlong He and Rui Shen

The Commercialization of the Microfinance Industry: Is There a ‘Personal Mission Drift’ Among Credit Officers? pp. 119-134

Leif Atle Beisland, Bert D’Espallier and Roy Mersland

Deeds Not Words: A Cosmopolitan Perspective on the Influences of Corporate Sustainability and NGO Engagement on the Adoption of Sustainable Products in China pp. 135-154

Dirk C. Moosmayer, Yanyan Chen and Susannah M. Davis

Evidence on Whether Banks Consider Carbon Risk in Their Lending Decisions pp. 155-175

Kathleen Herbohn, Ru Gao and Peter Clarkson

Legitimacy Strategies in Corporate Environmental Reporting: A Longitudinal Analysis of German DAX Companies’ Disclosed Objectives pp. 177-200

Philipp Borgstedt, Ann-Marie Nienaber, Bernd Liesenkötter and Gerhard Schewe

Drilling their Own Graves: How the European Oil and Gas Supermajors Avoid Sustainability Tensions Through Mythmaking pp. 201-231

George Ferns, Kenneth Amaeshi and Aliette Lambert

CEO Compensation and Sustainability Reporting Assurance: Evidence from the UK pp. 233-252

Habiba Al-Shaer and Mahbub Zaman

Environmental Behavior On and Off the Job: A Configurational Approach pp. 253-268

Pascal Paillé, Nicolas Raineri and Olivier Boiral

Do Board Expertise and Networked Boards Affect Environmental Performance? pp. 269-292

Swarnodeep Homroy and Aurelie Slechten