Journal of Business Ethics

1998 - 2025

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

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Volume 192, issue 4, 2024

Generative Artificial Intelligence as Hypercommons: Ethics of Authorship and Ownership pp. 659-663

Gazi Islam and Michelle Greenwood

Making Sense of CSR Challenges and Shortcomings in Developing Economies of Latin America pp. 665-687

Christian Hauser, Jose Godinez and Erica Steckler

Local Understandings of Decent Work and the Legitimacy of Global Labour Standards: Insights from Garment Suppliers in Egypt and Jordan pp. 689-712

Britta Holzberg

The Interplay Between Supply Chain Transparency and NGO Pressure: A Quantitative Analysis in the Fashion Industry Context pp. 713-727

Naemi Schäfer, Lars Petersen and Jacob Hörisch

Resource Dependencies and the Legitimatization of Grocery Retailer’s Social Evaluations of Suppliers pp. 729-744

Matthew Gorton, Klaus Kastenhofer, Fred Lemke, Luis Esquivel and Mariana Nicolau

How Does Taxation Affect Corporate Social Responsibility? Evidence from a Korean Tax Reform pp. 745-774

Hyejin Park, Jiyoon Lee and Jewon Shin

Constructing Care-Based Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Communication During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Comparison of Fortune 500 Companies in China and the United States pp. 775-802

Chuqing Dong, Qiongyao Huang, Shijun Ni, Bohan Zhang and Cang Chen

A Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Entrepreneurs’ Gender on their Access to Bank Finance pp. 803-820

Malin Malmström, Barbara Burkhard, Charlotta Sirén, Dean Shepherd and Joakim Wincent

Ethical Issues Around Share Repurchase Announcements: The Role of Social Capital pp. 821-844

Atul Gupta, Alok Nemani and Kartik Raman

Transporting Audit Quality Across Countries: Returnee CEOs and Audit Fees pp. 845-874

Liwei Shan, Albert Tsang and Xiaoxue Zhang

Climate Reputation and Bank Loan Contracting pp. 875-896

Karel Hrazdil, Deniz Anginer, Jiyuan Li and Ray Zhang

Board Chairs’ Early-Life Experience and Tax Avoidance pp. 897-917

Yukun Pan, Lin Liao, Daifei Yao and Joseph H. Zhang

Volume 192, issue 3, 2024

Vulnerability and Response-Ability in the Pandemic Marketplace: Developing an Ethic of Care for Provisioning in Crisis pp. 441-459

Susi Geiger, Ilaria Galasso, Nora Hangel, Federica Lucivero and Gemma Watts

Social-Symbolic Work in the Construction of Social Problems: Constructing Gender Inequality in Turkish Social Partnerships pp. 461-486

Özgü Karakulak and Thomas B. Lawrence

Prominent Themes and Blind Spots in Diversity and Inclusion Literature: A Bibliometric Analysis pp. 487-499

H. M. Bommel, F. Hubers and K. E. H. Maas

Workplace Incivility in STEM Organizations: A Typology of STEM Incivility and Affective Consequences for Women Employees pp. 501-525

Mahima Saxena

Profane Pregnant Bodies Versus Sacred Organizational Systems: Exploring Pregnancy Discrimination at Work (R2) pp. 527-542

Caroline Gatrell, Jamie J. Ladge and Gary N. Powell

Encouraging Individual Contributions to Net-Zero Organizations: Effects of Behavioral Policy Interventions and Social Norms pp. 543-560

Karola Bastini, Rudolf Kerschreiter, Maik Lachmann, Matthias Ziegler and Tim Sawert

Welcome on Board? Appointment Dynamics of Women as Directors pp. 561-589

Eline Schoonjans, Hanna Hottenrott and Achim Buchwald

An Investigation of the Relationship Between Ethics-Oriented HRM Systems, Moral Attentiveness, and Deviant Workplace Behavior pp. 591-608

Khuram Shahzad, Ying Hong, Alan Muller, Marco DeSisto and Farheen Rizvi

Correction to: An Investigation of the Relationship Between Ethics-Oriented HRM Systems, Moral Attentiveness, and Deviant Workplace Behavior pp. 609-609

Khuram Shahzad, Ying Hong, Alan Muller, Marco DeSisto and Farheen Rizvi

Drawing on Eastern Spiritual Traditions of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion as Guideposts in an Increasingly Unpredictable World pp. 611-626

Joan Marques, Payal Kumar and Tom Culham

Microaggressions in the Accounting Academy: The Black Experience pp. 627-654

Phebian L. Davis, Denise Dickins, Julia L. Higgs and Joseph Reid

Structural Injustice and Workers’ Rights, by Virginia Mantouvalou pp. 655-658

Malte Jauch

Volume 192, issue 2, 2024

You Say Social Agenda, I Say My Job: Navigating Moral Ambiguities by Frontline Workers in a Social Enterprise pp. 225-241

Rose Bote, Tao Wang and Corine Genet

How to Assess Multiple-Value Accounting Narratives from a Value Pluralist Perspective? Some Metaethical Criteria pp. 243-259

Bastiaan Linden, Andrew C. Wicks and R. Edward Freeman

Resolving the Ethical Tension Between Creating a Civil Environment and Facilitating Free Expression Online: Comment Reordering as an Alternative to Comment Moderation pp. 261-283

Dena Yadin, Inbal Yahav, Lior Zalmanson and Nira Munichor

When Do Corporate Good Deeds Become a Burden? The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility Following Negative Events pp. 285-306

Changhyun Kim, Yoonseok Zang, Heli Wang and Kate Niu

Context Matters Less Than Leadership in Preventing Unethical Behaviour in International Business pp. 307-322

Marlond Antunez, Nelson Ramalho and Tânia M. G. Marques

Family Firms and Employee Pension Underfunding: Good Corporate Citizens or Unethical Opportunists? pp. 323-339

Jessenia Davila, Luis Gomez-Mejia and Geoff Martin

Holding Abusive Managers in Contempt: Why and When Experienced Abusive Supervision Motivates Enacted Interpersonal Justice Toward Subordinates pp. 341-361

Su-Ying Pan, Katrina Jia Lin, Daniel J. McAllister and Ying Xia

Felt or Thought: Distinct Mechanisms Underlying Exploitative Leadership and Abusive Supervision pp. 363-383

Armin Pircher Verdorfer, Frank Belschak and Andrea Bobbio

How and When Leaders’ Perceptions of Team Politics Influence Justice Rule Adherence: A Moral Self-Regulation Perspective pp. 385-405

Depeng Liu, Mo Chen, Isabelle Yi Ren, Xuhong Pang and Yapu Zhao

How Do Foreign SMEs Mitigate Violent Conflict Risk by Doing Good? An Instrumental Stakeholder Theory Perspective pp. 407-422

Yongyi Shou, Xueshu Shan, Jinan Shao, Kee-hung Lai and Qing Zhou

Individual and Organizational Rule-Breaking: Test of an Integrated Multilevel Model pp. 423-440

Reha Karadag and Janet P. Near

Volume 192, issue 1, 2024

Consumer Sovereignty and the Ethics of Recognition pp. 1-19

Kushagra Bhatnagar, Julien Cayla, Delphine Dion and Gregorio Fuschillo

“Do Something Simple for the Climate”: How Collective Counter-Conduct Reproduces Consumer Responsibilization pp. 21-37

Friederike Döbbe and Emilia Cederberg

Lying and Cheating the Company: The Positive and Negative Effects of Corporate Activism on Unethical Consumer Behavior pp. 39-56

In-Hye Kang and Amna Kirmani

From Passive to Active: The Positive Spillover of Required Employee Green Behavior on Green Advocacy pp. 57-76

Shujie Zhang, Shuang Ren and Guiyao Tang

Correction to: From Passive to Active: The Positive Spillover of Required Employee Green Behavior on Green Advocacy pp. 77-77

Shujie Zhang, Shuang Ren and Guiyao Tang

Toward Understanding Employees 'Responses to Leaders' Unethical Pro-organizational Behavior: An Outcome Favorability Perspective pp. 79-95

Yahua Cai, Haoding Wang, Sebastian C. Schuh, Jinsong Li and Weili Zheng

Correction to: Toward Understanding Employees 'Responses to Leaders' Unethical Pro-organizational Behavior: An Outcome Favorability Perspective pp. 97-97

Yahua Cai, Haoding Wang, Sebastian C. Schuh, Jinsong Li and Weili Zheng

Relative Leader-Member Exchange and Unethical Pro-leader Behavior: The Role of Envy and Distributive Justice Climate pp. 99-111

Han Li, Shimin Zhang, Shenjiang Mo and Alexander Newman

Does Ethical Voice Matter? Examining How Peer Team Leader Ethical Voice and Role Modeling Relate to Ethical Leadership pp. 113-128

Dongkyu Kim, Dongwon Choi and Seung Yeon Son

Leader-Expressed Humility: Development and Validation of Scales Based on a Comprehensive Conceptualization pp. 129-146

Kraivin Chintakananda, James M. Diefendorff, Burak Oc, Michael A. Daniels, Gary J. Greguras and Michael R. Bashshur

Entitlement Versus Obligation: The Role of Attributed Motives in Subordinate Reactions to Leader Leniency pp. 147-166

Zheng Zhu, Xingwen Chen, Mengxi Yang and Wansi Chen

Does Clan Culture Promote Corporate Natural Resource Disclosure? Evidence from Chinese Natural Resource-Based Listed Companies pp. 167-190

Yongjun Tang, Qi Li, Fen Zhou and Mingjia Sun

Ethics and Banking: Do Banks Divest Their Kind? pp. 191-223

Diego P. Guisande, Maretno Agus Harjoto, Andreas G. F. Hoepner and Conall O’Sullivan

Volume 191, issue 4, 2024

Ethical Consumerism in Emerging Markets: Opportunities and Challenges pp. 651-673

Smirti Kutaula, Alvina Gillani, Diana Gregory-Smith and Boris Bartikowski

Ethical Pursuit or Personal Nirvana? Unpacking the Practice of Danshari in China pp. 675-695

Charis X. Li, Xiao-xiao Liu, Jun Ye, Siyu Zheng and Songyin Cai

Role of Socio-Cultural Capital and Country-Level Affluence in Ethical Consumerism pp. 697-711

Verma Prikshat, Parth Patel, Sanjeev Kumar, Suraksha Gupta and Ashish Malik

How Sustainable Luxury Influences Product Value Perceptions and Behavioral Intentions: A Comparative Study of Emerging vs. Developed Markets pp. 713-738

Victoria-Sophie Osburg, Vignesh Yoganathan, Fabian Bartsch, Mbaye Fall Diallo and Hongfei Liu

Marketing to Bottom-of-the-Pyramid Consumers in an Emerging Market: The Responses of Mainstream Consumers pp. 739-755

Reetika Gupta, Deepa Chandrasekaran, Sankar Sen and Tanvi Gupta

Are We Becoming More Ethical Consumers During the Global Pandemic? The Moderating Role of Negotiable Fate Across Cultures pp. 757-776

Junjun Cheng, Yimin Huang and Bo Chen

Bringing Ethical Consumption to the Forefront in Emerging Markets: The Role of Product Categorization pp. 777-792

Ali Besharat, Gia Nardini and Rhiannon MacDonnell Mesler

Ethical Consumers and Low-Income Sellers on China’s Reward-Based Crowdfunding Platforms: Are Poverty Alleviation Campaigns More Successful? pp. 793-810

Chao Xing, Yuming Zhang and David Tripe

To Buy or Not to Buy? Exploring Ethical Consumerism in an Emerging Market—India pp. 811-835

Sunanda Nayak, Vijay Pereira, Bahar Ali Kazmi and Pawan Budhwar

Energizing Ethical Recycling Intention Through Information Publicity: Insights from an Emerging Market Economy pp. 837-863

Khalid Mehmood, Yaser Iftikhar, Fauzia Jabeen, Ali Nawaz Khan and Hina Rehman

Mediating Role of Cultural Values in the Impact of Ethical Ideologies on Chinese Consumers’ Ethical Judgments pp. 865-884

Ricky Y. K. Chan, Piyush Sharma, Abdulaziz Alqahtani, Tak Yan Leung and Ashish Malik

Volume 191, issue 3, 2024

Economic Policy Uncertainty and Climate Change: Evidence from CO2 Emission pp. 415-441

Mohammed Benlemlih and Çiğdem Vural Yavaş

Does Corporate Social Responsibility Always Result in More Ethical Decision-Making? Evidence from Product Recall Remediation pp. 443-463

Alfred Z. Liu, Angela Xia Liu, Sangkil Moon and Donald Siegel

Is Rationality Reasonable? How Ancient Logos Changes Management Theory pp. 465-479

Matthias P. Hühn and Sara Mandray

Does Collective Decision-Making Promote SOEs' Green Innovation? Evidence from China pp. 481-500

Bo Cheng, Zixin Li, Baoyin Qiu and Ting Xiong

How Do Auditors Value Hypocrisy? Evidence from China pp. 501-533

Xingqiang Du, Yiqi Zhang, Shaojuan Lai and Hexin Tao

An Experimental Study of a Change in Professional Accountants’ Code of Ethics: The Influence of NOCLAR on the Duty to Report Illegal Acts to an External Authority pp. 535-549

Linda Thorne, Krista Fiolleau, Carolyn MacTavish, Pier-Luc Nappert and Sameera Khatoon

Earnings Management, Auditor Changes and Ethics: Evidence from Companies Missing Earnings Expectations pp. 551-570

Eric Lohwasser and Yaou Zhou

Formal Firms with Bribery in a Dynamic Business Environment pp. 571-589

Vu Nam, Tram-Anh Nguyen, Tram Bao Hoang and Cuong Nguyen

A New Understanding of the Role of Self-oriented Motivations in the Creation of Social Enterprises pp. 591-609

Alice Mascena Barbosa and Guillaume Dumont

Social Entrepreneurship as a Family Resemblance Concept with Distinct Ethical Views pp. 611-632

Filipa Lancastre, Carmen Lages and Filipe Santos

It’s a Family Affair: A Case for Consistency in Family Foundation Giving and Family Firm Community CSR Activity pp. 633-649

Cristina Cruz, Hana Milanov and Judit Klein

Volume 191, issue 2, 2024

The Ethics of Entrepreneurship: A Millian Approach pp. 217-229

Carlo Ludovico Cordasco

Revisiting the Received Image of Machiavelli in Business Ethics Through a Close Reading of The Prince and Discourses pp. 231-252

Moutusy Maity, Nandita Roy, Doyeeta Majumder and Prasanta Chakravarty

The Problem of Autonomy: An Alternative Notion of Excellence in Business Ethics pp. 253-267

Nisigandha Bhuyan and Arunima Chakraborty

Escaping the Scapegoat Trap: Using René Girard’s Framework for Workplace Bullying pp. 269-283

Guglielmo Faldetta and Deborah Gervasi

Transforming Relationships and Empowering Communities: The Role of Care Ethics in Solving Grand Challenges pp. 285-303

Grace H. Fan and Zoe A. Cunliffe

Expressing Dual Concern in Criticism for Wrongdoing: The Persuasive Power of Criticizing with Care pp. 305-322

Lauren C. Howe, Steven Shepherd, Nathan B. Warren, Kathryn R. Mercurio and Troy H. Campbell

Relational HR Practices in Malaysian SMEs: An Ethics of Care Perspective pp. 323-336

Wee Chan Au, Siân Stephens and Pervaiz K. Ahmed

A Contribution to Sustainable Human Resource Development in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic pp. 337-355

Katarzyna Piwowar-Sulej, Sakshi Malik, Olatunji A. Shobande, Sanjeet Singh and Vishal Dagar

Are Callings Always Ethically Good? Why and When Occupational Calling Inhibits Unethical Decision-Making Among Researchers pp. 357-372

Baoguo Xie, Xinrou Zhang, Xueyuan Gao and Xiaoxue Zhou

How do Sector Level Factors Influence Trust Violations in Not-for-Profit Organizations? A Multilevel Model pp. 373-398

Nicole Gillespie, Mattia Anesa, Morgana Lizzio-Wilson, Cassandra Chapman, Karen Healy and Matthew Hornsey

Are Bad Leaders Indeed Bad for Employees? A Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies Between Destructive Leadership and Employee Outcomes pp. 399-413

Peikai Li, Kui Yin, Jian Shi, Tom G. E. Damen and Toon W. Taris

Volume 191, issue 1, 2024

Engaging Stakeholders During Intergovernmental Conflict: How Political Attributions Shape Stakeholder Engagement pp. 1-27

Susana C. Esper, Luciano Barin-Cruz and Jean-Pascal Gond

Forgetting Corporate Irresponsibility: The Role of Corporate Political Activities and Stakeholder Characteristics pp. 29-57

Nilufer Yapici and Ratan J. S. Dheer

Institutional Logics in the UK Construction Industry’s Response to Modern Slavery Risk: Complementarity and Conflict pp. 59-75

Christopher Pesterfield and Michael Rogerson

#StopHateForProfit and the Ethics of Boycotting by Corporations pp. 77-91

Theodore M. Lechterman, Ryan Jenkins and Bradley J. Strawser

Breaking Out of the Cocoon: Whistleblowing Opportunities Under Conditions of Normalized Wrongdoing pp. 93-105

Thomas Olesen

The Demise of a Rising Social Enterprise for Persons With Disabilities: The Ethics and the Uncertainty of Pure Effectual Logic When Scaling Up pp. 107-130

Bruce Martin, Lucia Walsh, Andrew Keating and Susi Geiger

Sexual Boundary Violations: Exploring How the Interplay Between Violations, Retributive, and Restorative Responses Affects Teams pp. 131-146

Eva Baarle, Steven Baarle, Guy Widdershoven, Roland Bal and Jan-Willem Weenink

Beyond the Inclusion–Exclusion Binary: Right Mindfulness and Its Implications for Perceived Inclusion and Exclusion in the Workplace pp. 147-165

Mai Chi Vu and Nicholas Burton

Integrating Moral Personhood and Moral Management: A Confucian Approach to Ethical Leadership pp. 167-177

Charlene Tan

Analysis and Intuition Effectiveness in Moral Problems pp. 179-193

Christian Julmi

“We are Neither Commies nor Volunteers”: How National Culture Influences Professional Identity Construction of CSR Professionals in South Korea pp. 195-213

Mai Chi Vu, Hyemi Shin and Nicholas Burton

Correction to: Common Knowledge of the Second Kind pp. 215-215

David Bella and Jonathan King