Journal of Business Ethics

1998 - 2025

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

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Volume 146, issue 4, 2017

Editorial: Special Issue on the Impact of Business Ethics on Public Life pp. 725-727

Patrick Flanagan, Marilynn Fleckenstein, Linda Sama and Victoria Shoaf

An Examination of Ethical Influences on the Work of Tax Practitioners pp. 729-745

Jane Frecknall-Hughes, Peter Moizer, Elaine Doyle and Barbara Summers

Precarious Professionals: (in)Secure Identities and Moral Agency in Neocolonial Context pp. 747-770

Kelly Thomson and Joanne Jones

Hostile Takeovers—An Analysis Through Just War Theory pp. 771-786

Michael Kinsella

The Evolution of Whistleblowing Studies: A Critical Review and Research Agenda pp. 787-803

Barbara Culiberg and Katarina Katja Mihelič

The 2007–2009 Financial Crisis: An Erosion of Ethics: A Case Study pp. 805-830

Edward J. Schoen

Therapy, Enhancement, and Medicine: Challenges for the Doctor–Patient Relationship and Patient Safety pp. 831-844

James J. Delaney and David Martin

Rebuilding Trust: Ireland’s CSR Plan in the Light of Caritas in Veritate pp. 845-857

Alan J. Kearns

Beyond Scandal: Creating a Culture of Accountability in the Catholic Church pp. 859-867

Angela Senander

Organizational Virtue and Performance: An Empirical Study of Customers and Employees pp. 869-881

Rosa Chun

Volume 146, issue 3, 2017

Signposts or Weathervanes? The Curious Case of Corporate Social Responsibility and Conflict Minerals pp. 469-484

Ozlem Arikan, Juliane Reinecke, Crawford Spence and Kevin Morrell

Was the Global Settlement Effective in Mitigating Systematic Bias in Affiliated Analyst Recommendations? pp. 485-503

Minzhi Wu, Mark Wilson and Yi Wu

Examining the Roles of Collectivism, Attitude Toward Business, and Religious Beliefs on Consumer Ethics in China pp. 505-514

Chun-Chen Huang and Long-Chuan Lu

Responsibility Boundaries in Global Value Chains: Supplier Audit Prioritizations and Moral Disengagement Among Swedish Firms pp. 515-528

Niklas Egels-Zandén

Ethical Leadership and Loyalty to Supervisor in China: The Roles of Interactional Justice and Collectivistic Orientation pp. 529-543

Huaiyong Wang, Guangli Lu and Yongfang Liu

The Relationship Between Social Cynicism Belief, Social Dominance Orientation, and the Perception of Unethical Behavior: A Cross-Cultural Examination in Russia, Portugal, and the United States pp. 545-562

Valerie Alexandra, Miguel M. Torres, Olga Kovbasyuk, Theophilus B. A. Addo and Maria Cristina Ferreira

CSR as Strategic and Organizational Change at “Groupe La Poste” pp. 563-589

Marc Ingham and Christelle Havard

Labor Conflicts in French Workplaces: Does (the Type of) Family Control Matter? pp. 591-617

François Belot and Timothée Waxin

Industrial Clusters and CSR in Developing Countries: The Role of International Donor Funding pp. 619-637

Anjum Fayyaz, Peter Lund-Thomsen and Adam Lindgreen

Does Bad Company Corrupt Good Morals? Social Bonding and Academic Cheating among French and Chinese Teens pp. 639-667

Elodie Gentina, Thomas Li-Ping Tang and Qinxuan Gu

A Dual-Processing Model of Moral Whistleblowing in Organizations pp. 669-683

Logan L. Watts and M. Ronald Buckley

How Logo Colors Influence Shoppers’ Judgments of Retailer Ethicality: The Mediating Role of Perceived Eco-Friendliness pp. 685-701

Aparna Sundar and James J. Kellaris

Highlighting Moral Courage in the Business Ethics Course pp. 703-723

Debra R. Comer and Michael Schwartz

Volume 146, issue 2, 2017

Thematic Symposium: Business Ethics, Peace and Environmental Issues (T0004) pp. 255-256

Michael S. Aßländer and Tobias Gössling

You May Not Reap What You Sow: How Employees’ Moral Awareness Minimizes Ethical Leadership’s Positive Impact on Workplace Deviance pp. 257-277

Kubilay Gok, John J. Sumanth, William H. Bommer, Ozgur Demirtas, Aykut Arslan, Jared Eberhard, Ali Ihsan Ozdemir and Ahmet Yigit

The Effect of Online Protests and Firm Responses on Shareholder and Consumer Evaluation pp. 279-294

Tijs Broek, David Langley and Tobias Hornig

Sustainable Development and Well-Being: A Philosophical Challenge pp. 295-311

Mollie Painter-Morland, Geert Demuijnck and Sara Ornati

Beyond the Opposition Between Altruism and Self-interest: Reciprocal Giving in Reward-Based Crowdfunding pp. 313-332

Kévin André, Sylvain Bureau, Arthur Gautier and Olivier Rubel

Uncommitted Deliberation? Discussing Regulatory Gaps by Comparing GRI 3.1 to GRI 4.0 in a Political CSR Perspective pp. 333-351

Rea Wagner and Peter Seele

The Financial Performance of Socially Responsible Investments: Insights from the Intertemporal CAPM pp. 353-364

Yuchao Xiao, Robert Faff, Philip Gharghori and Byoung-Kyu Min

Institutional Investors on Boards: Does Their Behavior Influence Corporate Finance? pp. 365-382

Emma García-Meca, Félix López-Iturriaga and Fernando Tejerina-Gaite

Perceptions on the Causes of Individual and Fraudulent Co-offending: Views of Forensic Accountants pp. 383-404

Jeanette Akkeren and Sherrena Buckby

Conflict and Confluence: The Multidimensionality of Opportunism in Principal–Agent Relationships pp. 405-417

Asghar Zardkoohi, Joseph S. Harrison and Mathew A. Josefy

What Does CEOs’ Pay-for-Performance Reveal About Shareholders’ Attitude Toward Earnings Overstatements? pp. 419-450

Katherine Guthrie, Illoong Kwon and Jan Sokolowsky

Organizational Culture in the Financial Sector: Evidence from a Cross-Industry Analysis of Employee Personal Values and Career Success pp. 451-467

André van Hoorn

Volume 146, issue 1, 2017

CSR Initiatives as Market Signals: A Review and Research Agenda pp. 1-23

Fabrizio Zerbini

A ‘Names-and-Faces Approach’ to Stakeholder Identification and Salience: A Matter of Status pp. 25-38

Elise Perrault

Exploring Corporations’ Dialogue About CSR in the Digital Era pp. 39-58

Laura Illia, Stefania Romenti, Belén Rodríguez-Cánovas, Grazia Murtarelli and Craig E. Carroll

Multinational Corporations’ Strategies at the Base of the Pyramid: An Action Research Inquiry pp. 59-76

François Perrot

Is Institutional Ownership Related to Corporate Social Responsibility? The Nonlinear Relation and Its Implication for Stock Return Volatility pp. 77-109

Maretno Harjoto, Hoje Jo and Yongtae Kim

Does Ownership Structure Matter? The Effects of Insider and Institutional Ownership on Corporate Social Responsibility pp. 111-124

Won-Yong Oh, Jongseok Cha and Young Kyun Chang

Aligning Civic and Corporate Leadership with Human Dignity: Activism at the Intersection of Business and Government pp. 125-133

Knut Kipper

No Company is an Island. Sector-Related Responsibilities as Elements of Corporate Social Responsibility pp. 135-148

Lisa Herzog

Why Bad Things Happen to Good Organizations: The Link Between Governance and Asset Diversions in Public Charities pp. 149-166

Erica Harris, Christine Petrovits and Michelle H. Yetman

Business for Good? An Investigation into the Strategies Firms Use to Maximize the Impact of Financial Corporate Philanthropy on Employee Attitudes pp. 167-183

Emily S. Block, Ante Glavas, Michael J. Mannor and Laura Erskine

Ethics, Faith, and Profit: Exploring the Motives of the U.S. Fair Trade Social Entrepreneurs pp. 185-201

John James Cater, Lorna A. Collins and Brent D. Beal

A Further Examination of the Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility and Governance on Investment Decisions pp. 203-218

Jeffrey Cohen, Lori Holder-Webb and Samer Khalil

The Role of Gender and Age in Business Students’ Values, CSR Attitudes, and Responsible Management Education: Learnings from the PRME International Survey pp. 219-239

Debbie Haski-Leventhal, Mehrdokht Pournader and Andrew McKinnon

CSR, Innovation, and Firm Performance in Sluggish Growth Contexts: A Firm-Level Empirical Analysis pp. 241-254

Rachel Bocquet, Christian Le Bas, Caroline Mothe and Nicolas Poussing

Volume 145, issue 4, 2017

Christian Ethics and Spirituality in Leading Business Organizations: Editorial Introduction pp. 671-679

Domènec Melé and Joan Fontrodona

What Sparks Ethical Decision Making? The Interplay Between Moral Intuition and Moral Reasoning: Lessons from the Scholastic Doctrine pp. 681-700

Lamberto Zollo, Massimiliano Matteo Pellegrini and Cristiano Ciappei

The Common Good of the Firm and Humanistic Management: Conscious Capitalism and Economy of Communion pp. 701-709

Sandrine Frémeaux and Grant Michelson

What Corporate Governance Can Learn from Catholic Social Teaching pp. 711-724

Martijn Cremers

Corporate Sustainability: Toward a Theoretical Integration of Catholic Social Teaching and the Natural-Resource-Based View of the Firm pp. 725-737

Horacio E. Rousseau

The Need to Give Gratuitously: A Relevant Concept Anchored in Catholic Social Teaching to Envision the Consumer Behavior pp. 739-755

Bénédicte de Peyrelongue, Olivier Masclef and Valérie Guillard

Having Burned the Straw Man of Christian Spiritual Leadership, what can We Learn from Jesus About Leading Ethically? pp. 757-769

Christopher Mabey, Mervyn Conroy, Karen Blakeley and Sara Marco

The Real Mystery of Positive Business: A Response from Christian Faith pp. 771-780

Lloyd E. Sandelands

There are no Codes, Only Interpretations. Practical Wisdom and Hermeneutics in Monastic Organizations pp. 781-794

Guillaume Mercier and Ghislain Deslandes

Leadership: The Being Component. Can the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius Contribute to the Debate on Business Education? pp. 795-809

Josep M. Lozano

Integrating Leadership Development with Ignatian Spirituality: A Model for Designing a Spiritual Leader Development Practice pp. 811-829

Teresa J. Rothausen

Volume 145, issue 3, 2017

What Should a Manager Like Me Do in a Situation Like This? Strategies for Handling Ethical Problems from the Viewpoint of the Logic of Appropriateness pp. 457-479

Minna-Maaria Hiekkataipale and Anna-Maija Lämsä

Big Data: A Normal Accident Waiting to Happen? pp. 481-491

Daniel Nunan and Marialaura Di Domenico

Social Norms and CSR Performance pp. 493-508

Steven F. Cahan, Chen Chen and Li Chen

Strong Reciprocity in Consumer Boycotts pp. 509-524

Tobias Hahn and Noël Albert

Understanding Ethical Luxury Consumption Through Practice Theories: A Study of Fine Jewellery Purchases pp. 525-543

Caroline Moraes, Marylyn Carrigan, Carmela Bosangit, Carlos Ferreira and Michelle McGrath

Beyond Guilty Verdicts: Human Rights Litigation and its Impact on Corporations’ Human Rights Policies pp. 545-562

Judith Schrempf-Stirling and Florian Wettstein

The Effect of Cognitive Moral Development on Honesty in Managerial Reporting pp. 563-575

Janne O. Y. Chung and Sylvia H. Hsu

The NHS: Sticking Fingers in Its Ears, Humming Loudly pp. 577-598

Rachael Pope

Overcoming the ‘Window Dressing’ Effect: Mitigating the Negative Effects of Inherent Skepticism Towards Corporate Social Responsibility pp. 599-621

Scott Connors, Stephen Anderson-MacDonald and Matthew Thomson

Ingredients Matter: How the Human Capital of Philanthropic and Traditional Venture Capital Differs pp. 623-635

Mariarosa Scarlata, Jennifer Walske and Andrew Zacharakis

Attraction or Distraction? Corporate Social Responsibility in Macao’s Gambling Industry pp. 637-658

Tiffany Cheng Han Leung and Robin Stanley Snell

How Ethically Would Americans and Chinese Negotiate? The Effect of Intra-cultural Versus Inter-cultural Negotiations pp. 659-670

Yu Yang, David De Cremer and Chao Wang

Volume 145, issue 2, 2017

Toward Moral Responsibility Theories of Corporate Sustainability and Sustainable Supply Chain pp. 227-237

Jung Ha-Brookshire

Motives and Performance Outcomes of Sustainable Supply Chain Management Practices: A Multi-theoretical Perspective pp. 239-258

Antony Paulraj, Injazz J. Chen and Constantin Blome

In Search of the Dominant Rationale in Sustainability Management: Legitimacy- or Profit-Seeking? pp. 259-276

Stefan Schaltegger and Jacob Hörisch

Community Characteristics and Changes in Toxic Chemical Releases: Does Information Disclosure Affect Environmental Injustice? pp. 277-292

Arturs Kalnins and Glen Dowell

The Power of One to Make a Difference: How Informal and Formal CEO Power Affect Environmental Sustainability pp. 293-308

Judith L. Walls and Pascual Berrone

Green Innovation and Performance: The View of Organizational Capability and Social Reciprocity pp. 309-324

Jing-Wen Huang and Yong-Hui Li

The Diffusion of Voluntary Environmental Programs: The Case of ISO 14001 in Korea, 1996–2011 pp. 325-336

Kyungmin Baek

European Green Mutual Fund Performance: A Comparative Analysis with their Conventional and Black Peers pp. 337-355

Gbenga Ibikunle and Tom Steffen

Beyond Environmental Regulations: Exploring the Potential of “Eco-Islam” in Boosting Environmental Ethics Within SMEs in Arab Markets pp. 357-371

Dina M. Abdelzaher and Amir Abdelzaher

The Hubris of Hybrids pp. 373-382

Philipp Bagus, David Howden and Amadeus Gabriel

When Does It Pay to be Good? Moderators and Mediators in the Corporate Sustainability–Corporate Financial Performance Relationship: A Critical Review pp. 383-416

Sylvia Grewatsch and Ingo Kleindienst

Does an Embedded Wind Turbine Reduce a Company’s Electricity Bill? Case Study of a 300 kW Wind Turbine in Ireland pp. 417-428

Tony Kealy

Educating Business Students About Sustainability: A Bibliometric Review of Current Trends and Research Needs pp. 429-439

John G. Cullen

Understanding Firms’ Approaches to Voluntary Certification: Evidence from Multiple Case Studies in FSC Certification pp. 441-456

Kathryn Bowler, Pavel Castka and Michaela Balzarova

Volume 145, issue 1, 2017

Formation of Stakeholder Trust in Business and the Role of Personal Values pp. 1-20

Michael Pirson, Kirsten Martin and Bidhan Parmar

Nightmare Bosses: The Impact of Abusive Supervision on Employees’ Sleep, Emotions, and Creativity pp. 21-31

Guohong Helen Han, P. D. Harms and Yuntao Bai

The Paradox of Diversity Initiatives: When Organizational Needs Differ from Employee Preferences pp. 33-48

Leon Windscheid, Lynn Bowes-Sperry, Jens Mazei and Michèle Morner

How Servant Leadership Influences Organizational Citizenship Behavior: The Roles of LMX, Empowerment, and Proactive Personality pp. 49-62

Alexander Newman, G. Schwarz, B. Cooper and S. Sendjaya

Paradoxical Relationships Between Cultural Norms of Particularism and Attitudes Toward Relational Favoritism: A Cultural Reflectivity Perspective pp. 63-79

Chao C. Chen, Joseph P. Gaspar, Ray Friedman, William Newburry, Michael C. Nippa, Katherine Xin and Ronaldo Parente

Chinese Traditionality Matters: Effects of Differentiated Empowering Leadership on Followers’ Trust in Leaders and Work Outcomes pp. 81-93

Shao-Long Li, Yuanyuan Huo and Li-Rong Long

Linking Ethical Leadership with Firm Performance: A Multi-dimensional Perspective pp. 95-109

Dan Wang, Taiwen Feng and Alan Lawton

Models of Congruence of Personal and Organizational Values: How Many Points of Contact are There Between Science and Practice? pp. 111-131

Jolita Vveinhardt and Evelina Gulbovaite

Leading by Example: Values-Based Strategy to Instill Ethical Conduct pp. 133-139

Arne Nygaard, Harald Biong, Ragnhild Silkoset and Roland E. Kidwell

Psychopathic Leadership A Case Study of a Corporate Psychopath CEO pp. 141-156

Clive Boddy

Toward a Unified Framework of Perceived Negative Leader Behaviors Insights from French and British Educational Sectors pp. 157-182

Taran Patel and Robert G. Hamlin

The Moderated Influence of Ethical Leadership, Via Meaningful Work, on Followers’ Engagement, Organizational Identification, and Envy pp. 183-199

Ozgur Demirtas, Sean T. Hannah, Kubilay Gok, Aykut Arslan and Nejat Capar

Custom and Moral Sentiment: Cross-Cultural Aspects of Postgraduate Student Perceptions of Leadership Ethicality pp. 201-213

D. A. L. Coldwell

Perceptions of High Integrity Can Persist After Deception: How Implicit Beliefs Moderate Trust Erosion pp. 215-225

Michael P. Haselhuhn, Maurice E. Schweitzer, Laura J. Kray and Jessica A. Kennedy