Journal of Business Ethics

1998 - 2025

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Volume 143, issue 4, 2017

Responsible Practices are Culturally Embedded: Theoretical Considerations on Industry-Specific Corporate Social Responsibility pp. 635-642

Thomas Beschorner and Thomas Hajduk

Can Sinful Firms Benefit from Advertising Their CSR Efforts? Adverse Effect of Advertising Sinful Firms’ CSR Engagements on Firm Performance pp. 643-663

Hannah Oh, John Bae and Sang-Joon Kim

Reconceptualizing CSR in the Media Industry as Relational Accountability pp. 665-679

Mollie Painter-Morland and Ghislain Deslandes

The Fine Jewellery Industry: Corporate Responsibility Challenges and Institutional Forces Facing SMEs pp. 681-699

Marylyn Carrigan, Morven McEachern, Caroline Moraes and Carmela Bosangit

Corporate Stakeholder Orientation in an Emerging Country Context: A Longitudinal Cross Industry Analysis pp. 701-719

Tanusree Jain, Ruth V. Aguilera and Dima Jamali

The Abandoned Stakeholders: Pharmaceutical Companies and Research Participants pp. 721-731

Pepe Lee Chang

Industry Business Associations: Self-Interested or Socially Conscious? pp. 733-751

José Carlos Marques

Collectively Designing CSR Through Meta-Organizations: A Case Study of the Oil and Gas Industry pp. 753-769

Heloïse Berkowitz, Marcelo Bucheli and Hervé Dumez

Industry-Specific Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives That Govern Corporate Human Rights Standards: Legitimacy assessments of the Fair Labor Association and the Global Network Initiative pp. 771-787

Dorothée Baumann-Pauly, Justine Nolan, Auret Heerden and Michael Samway

The Power(lessness) of Industry Self-regulation to Promote Responsible Labor Standards: Insights from the Chinese Toy Industry pp. 789-805

Nick Lin-Hi and Igor Blumberg

Improving Social Responsibility in RMG Industries Through a New Governance Approach in Laws pp. 807-826

Mia Mahmudur Rahim

Volume 143, issue 3, 2017

Contemplative Leadership: The Possibilities for the Ethics of Leadership Theory and Practice pp. 423-440

Gina Grandy and Martyna Sliwa

One Sail Fits All? A Psychographic Segmentation of Digital Pirates pp. 441-465

Charlotte Emily De Corte and Patrick Van Kenhove

When Materialists Intend to Resist Consumption: The Moderating Role of Self-Control and Long-Term Orientation pp. 467-483

Marcelo Vinhal Nepomuceno and Michel Laroche

Investigating the Dynamics of Stakeholder Salience: What Happens When the Institutional Change Process Unfolds? pp. 485-515

Shahzad Khurram and Sandra Charreire Petit

Discovering the Millennials’ Personal Values Orientation: A Comparison to Two Managerial Populations pp. 517-529

James Weber

Assessing Three Models of Materialism–Postmaterialism and Their Relationship with Well-Being: A Theoretical Extension pp. 531-541

Mark D. Promislo, Robert A. Giacalone and John R. Deckop

Governance of Mandated Corporate Social Responsibility: Evidence from Indian Government-owned Firms pp. 543-563

Nava Subramaniam, Monika Kansal and Shekar Babu

Factors Influencing Microfinance Engagements by Formal Financial Institutions pp. 565-587

Tzu-Kuan Chiu

Consumer Responses to Corporate Environmental Actions in China: An Environmental Legitimacy Perspective pp. 589-602

Jianxin Li, Hao He, Hongshen Liu and Chenting Su

Supply Chain Strategies and Carbon Intensity: The Roles of Process Leanness, Diversification Strategy, and Outsourcing pp. 603-620

Chien-Ming Chen

Addressing Internal Stakeholders’ Concerns: The Interactive Effect of Perceived Pay Equity and Diversity Climate on Turnover Intentions pp. 621-633

E. Holly Buttner and Kevin B. Lowe

Volume 143, issue 2, 2017

Ethics, Technology and Organizational Innovation pp. 223-226

Stefano Brusoni and Antonino Vaccaro

Responsible Innovation and the Innovation of Responsibility: Governing Sustainable Development in a Globalized World pp. 227-243

Christian Voegtlin and Andreas Georg Scherer

Safety Reloaded: Lean Operations and High Involvement Work Practices for Sustainable Workplaces pp. 245-259

Arnaldo Camuffo, Federica Stefano and Chiara Paolino

Threat Interpretation and Innovation in the Context of Climate Change: An Ethical Perspective pp. 261-276

Aoife Brophy Haney

I don't Want to be Green: Prosocial Motivation Effects on Firm Environmental Innovation Rejection Decisions pp. 277-288

Bari L. Bendell

Innovation in Multistakeholder Settings: The Case of a Wicked Issue in Health Care pp. 289-305

Edwin Rühli, Sybille Sachs, Ruth Schmitt and Thomas Schneider

Stakeholders Matter: How Social Enterprises Address Mission Drift pp. 307-322

Tommaso Ramus and Antonino Vaccaro

Stock Market Reaction to Corporate Crime: Evidence from South Korea pp. 323-351

Chanhoo Song and Seung Hun Han

Culture, Marketization, and Owner-Manager Agency Costs: A Case of Merchant Guild Culture in China pp. 353-386

Xingqiang Du, Jianying Weng, Quan Zeng and Hongmei Pei

Do Cultural and Generational Cohorts Matter to Ideologies and Consumer Ethics? A Comparative Study of Australians, Indonesians, and Indonesian Migrants in Australia pp. 387-404

Andre A. Pekerti and Denni Arli

One Vision, Different Paths: An Investigation of Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives in Europe pp. 405-422

François Maon, Valérie Swaen and Adam Lindgreen

Volume 143, issue 1, 2017

Is Quantitative Research Ethical? Tools for Ethically Practicing, Evaluating, and Using Quantitative Research pp. 1-16

Michael J. Zyphur and Dean C. Pierides

Corporate Social Responsibility as Institution: A Social Mechanisms Framework pp. 17-34

Sara Bice

Congruence in Corporate Social Responsibility: Connecting the Identity and Behavior of Employers and Employees pp. 35-51

Debbie Haski-Leventhal, Lonneke Roza and Lucas C. P. M. Meijs

Evaluating a Socially Responsible Employment Program: Beneficiary Impacts and Stakeholder Perceptions pp. 53-70

Matthew Walker, Stephen Hills and Bob Heere

How Does It Fit? Exploring the Congruence Between Organizations and Their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Activities pp. 71-83

Menno D. T. Jong and Mark Meer

A Comparison of Canadian and U.S. CSR Strategic Alliances, CSR Reporting, and CSR Performance: Insights into Implicit–Explicit CSR pp. 85-98

Linda Thorne, Lois S. Mahoney, Kristen Gregory and Susan Convery

Organizational Citizenship Behaviors of Directors: An Integrated Framework of Director Role-Identity and Boardroom Structure pp. 99-109

Toru Yoshikawa and Helen Wei Hu

The Governance of Global Value Chains: Unresolved Human Rights, Environmental and Ethical Dilemmas in the Apple Supply Chain pp. 111-131

Thomas Clarke and Martijn Boersma

Corporate Sustainability: A View From the Top pp. 133-157

Arménio Rego, Miguel Pina e Cunha and Daniel Polónia

Isolated Environmental Cues and Product Efficacy Penalties: The Color Green and Eco-labels pp. 159-177

Ethan Pancer, Lindsay McShane and Theodore J. Noseworthy

Do Lenders Applaud Corporate Environmental Performance? Evidence from Chinese Private-Owned Firms pp. 179-207

Xingqiang Du, Jianying Weng, Quan Zeng, Yingying Chang and Hongmei Pei

Will Corporate Political Connection Influence the Environmental Information Disclosure Level? Based on the Panel Data of A-Shares from Listed Companies in Shanghai Stock Market pp. 209-221

Zhihua Cheng, Feng Wang, Christine Keung and Yongxiu Bai

Volume 142, issue 4, 2017

Ideologies in Markets, Organizations, and Business Ethics: Drafting a Map: Introduction to the Special Issue pp. 629-639

Michaela Haase and Emmanuel Raufflet

Contextualizing Corporate Political Responsibilities: Neoliberal CSR in Historical Perspective pp. 641-661

Marie-Laure Djelic and Helen Etchanchu

Ideology in HRM Scholarship: Interrogating the Ideological Performativity of ‘New Unitarism’ pp. 663-678

Michelle Greenwood and Harry J. Van Buren

Cultural Diversity in Business: A Critical Reflection on the Ideology of Tolerance pp. 679-696

J. Félix Lozano and Teresa Escrich

Contesting a Place in the Sun: On Ideologies in Foreign Markets and Liabilities of Origin pp. 697-717

Ans Kolk and Louise Curran

Risking the Sustainability of the Public Health System: Ethical Conundrums and Ideologically Embedded Reform pp. 719-734

Margaret Brunton

The Link Between Social Movements and Corporate Social Initiatives: Toward a Multi-level Theory pp. 735-751

Panayiotis Georgallis

Registering Ideology in the Creation of Social Entrepreneurs: Intermediary Organizations, ‘Ideal Subject’ and the Promise of Enjoyment pp. 753-767

Pascal Dey and Othmar Lehner

Ideology and the Balanced Scorecard: An Empirical Exploration of the Tension Between Shareholder Value Maximization and Corporate Social Responsibility pp. 769-789

Regina F. Bento, Lasse Mertins and Lourdes F. White

The Pluralist Theory of Ethics Programs Orientations and Ideologies: An Empirical Study Anchored in Requisite Variety pp. 791-815

Joé T. Martineau, Kevin J. Johnson and Thierry C. Pauchant

Volume 142, issue 3, 2017

Virtual Special Issue on Humanities and Business Ethics pp. 409-412

Christopher Michaelson

Social Media Policies: Implications for Contemporary Notions of Corporate Social Responsibility pp. 413-436

Cynthia Stohl, Michael Etter, Scott Banghart and DaJung Woo

Stakeholder Theory Classification: A Theoretical and Empirical Evaluation of Definitions pp. 437-459

Samantha Miles

A Cross-Cultural and Feminist Perspective on CSR in Developing Countries: Uncovering Latent Power Dynamics pp. 461-477

Charlotte M. Karam and Dima Jamali

The Local Roots of Corporate Social Responsibility pp. 479-496

Najah Attig and Paul Brockman

“Buying” Corporate Social Responsibility: Organisational Identity Orientation as a Determinant of Practice Adoption pp. 497-514

Christopher Wickert, Antonino Vaccaro and Joep Cornelissen

Consumers’ Responses to Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives: The Mediating Role of Consumer–Company Identification pp. 515-526

Xinming Deng and Yang Xu

Emotional Intelligence and Consumer Ethics: The Mediating Role of Personal Moral Philosophies pp. 527-548

Rafi M. M. I. Chowdhury

The Sales Profession as a Subculture: Implications for Ethical Decision Making pp. 549-565

Victoria Bush, Alan J. Bush, Jared Oakley and John E. Cicala

Knights of the Road: Safety, Ethics, and the Professional Truck Driver pp. 567-588

Matthew A. Douglas and Stephen M. Swartz

Accounting for Proscriptive and Prescriptive Morality in the Workplace: The Double-Edged Sword Effect of Mood on Managerial Ethical Decision Making pp. 589-602

Laura J. Noval and Günter K. Stahl

Future Business and Government Leaders of Asia: How Do They Differ and What Makes Them Tick? pp. 603-616

Zeger Wal

Review of Virtue in Business: Conversations with Aristotle by Edwin Hartman pp. 617-619

Daryl Koehn

Ethics in Accounting: A Decision-Making Approach pp. 621-623

James Jianxin Gong

Thomas Klikauer: Hegel’s Moral Corporation pp. 625-628

Sybol Anderson

Volume 142, issue 2, 2017

Introduction to Thematic Symposium on Accounting Professionalism pp. 199-201

Sally Gunz and Linda Thorne

An Examination of the U.S. Public Accounting Profession’s Public Interest Discourse and Actions in Federal Policy Making pp. 203-220

Lisa Baudot, Robin W. Roberts and Dana M. Wallace

Discussion of “An Examination of the U.S. Public Accounting Profession’s Public Interest Discourse and Actions in Federal Policy Making” pp. 221-224

Vishal P. Baloria

Professional Accountants’ Identity Formation: An Integrative Framework pp. 225-238

François Brouard, Merridee Bujaki, Sylvain Durocher and Leighann C. Neilson

Discussion of “A Theoretical Framework of Professional Accountants’ Identity Formation and Directions for Future Research” pp. 239-240

Linda Thorne

Encouraging Professional Skepticism in the Industry Specialization Era pp. 241-256

Jonathan H. Grenier

Discussion of “Encouraging Professional Skepticism in the Industry Specialization Era” pp. 257-258

Helen L. Brown-Liburd

Recognizing Ethical Issues: An Examination of Practicing Industry Accountants and Accounting Students pp. 259-276

Krista Fiolleau and Steven E. Kaplan

Discussion of “Recognizing Ethical Issues: An Examination of Practicing Industry Accountants and Accounting Students” pp. 277-283

Dawn W. Massey

Does the Accounting Profession Discipline Its Members Differently After Public Scrutiny? pp. 285-309

Devan Mescall, Fred Phillips and Regan N. Schmidt

Discussion of “Does the Accounting Profession Discipline Its Members Differently after Public Scrutiny?” by D. F. Mescall, F. Phillips, and R. N. Schmidt pp. 311-312

Irene M. Gordon

Maturity Mismatching and “Market Failure” pp. 313-323

Walter E. Block and William Barnett

Family Business Participation in Community Social Responsibility: The Moderating Effect of Gender pp. 325-343

Whitney O. Peake, Danielle Cooper, Margaret A. Fitzgerald and Glenn Muske

Exploring the Impact of Internal Corporate Governance on the Relation Between Disclosure Quality and Earnings Management in the UK Listed Companies pp. 345-367

Nooraisah Katmon and Omar Al Farooque

Board Gender Diversity and Corporate Response to Sustainability Initiatives: Evidence from the Carbon Disclosure Project pp. 369-383

Walid Ben-Amar, Millicent Chang and Philip McIlkenny

Religious Belief, Corporate Philanthropy, and Political Involvement of Entrepreneurs in Chinese Family Firms pp. 385-406

Xingqiang Du

Erratum to: Does the Accounting Profession Discipline Its Members Differently After Public Scrutiny? pp. 407-407

Devan Mescall, Fred Phillips and Regan N. Schmidt

Volume 142, issue 1, 2017

Management and Income Inequality: A Review and Conceptual Framework pp. 1-23

Brent D. Beal and Marina Astakhova

The Rawlsian Critique of Utilitarianism: A Luhmannian Interpretation pp. 25-35

Vladislav Valentinov

Decreasing Unethical Decisions: The Role of Morality-Based Individual Differences pp. 37-57

Rachel E. Sturm

Beyond Coercion: Moral Assessment in the Labour Market pp. 59-70

Dan Munter and Lars Lindblom

Personalized Ad in Your Google Glass? Wearable Technology, Hands-Off Data Collection, and New Policy Imperative pp. 71-82

Yong Jin Park and Marko Skoric

Knowledge Stewardship as an Ethos-Driven Approach to Business Ethics pp. 83-91

Stuart M. Belle

Implicit Theories and Issue Characteristics as Determinants of Moral Awareness and Intentions pp. 93-116

Kurt Wurthmann

Sāttvika Leadership: An Indian Model of Positive Leadership pp. 117-138

Kumar Alok

An Ethical Perspective on Emerging Forms of Ubiquitous IT-Based Control pp. 139-154

Aurelie Leclercq-Vandelannoitte

When Organizational Identification Elicits Moral Decision-Making: A Matter of the Right Climate pp. 155-168

Suzanne Gils, Michael A. Hogg, Niels Quaquebeke and Daan Knippenberg

Effects of Implicit Negotiation Beliefs and Moral Disengagement on Negotiator Attitudes and Deceptive Behavior pp. 169-183

Kevin Tasa and Chris M. Bell

Gauging the Ethicality of Students in Turkish Institutions of Higher Education pp. 185-197

Rafik I. Beekun, Nihat Alayoğlu, Ali Osman Öztürk, Mehmet Babacan and James W. Westerman