Journal of Business Ethics

1998 - 2025

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

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Volume 137, issue 4, 2016

Beyond the Particular and Universal: Dependence, Independence, and Interdependence of Context, Justice, and Ethics pp. 639-647

Marion Fortin, Thierry Nadisic, Chris M. Bell, Jonathan R. Crawshaw and Russell Cropanzano

Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethical Leadership, and Trust Propensity: A Multi-Experience Model of Perceived Ethical Climate pp. 649-662

S. Duane Hansen, Benjamin B. Dunford, Bradley J. Alge and Christine L. Jackson

Will I Cooperate? The Moderating Role of Informational Distance on Justice Reasoning pp. 663-675

Tessa Melkonian, Guillaume Soenen and Maureen Ambrose

The Joint Effects of Justice Climate, Group Moral Identity, and Corporate Social Responsibility on the Prosocial and Deviant Behaviors of Groups pp. 677-697

Meghan A. Thornton and Deborah E. Rupp

Facilitating Forgiveness in Organizational Contexts: Exploring the Injustice Gap, Emotions, and Expressive Writing Interventions pp. 699-720

Laurie J. Barclay and Maria Francisca Saldanha

The Face of Fairness: Self-Awareness as a Means to Promote Fairness among Managers with Low Empathy pp. 721-730

David B. Whiteside and Laurie J. Barclay

My Boss is Morally Disengaged: The Role of Ethical Leadership in Explaining the Interactive Effect of Supervisor and Employee Moral Disengagement on Employee Behaviors pp. 731-742

Julena M. Bonner, Rebecca L. Greenbaum and David M. Mayer

The “Right” and the “Good” in Ethical Leadership: Implications for Supervisors’ Performance and Promotability Evaluations pp. 743-755

Chaim Letwin, David Wo, Robert Folger, Darryl Rice, Regina Taylor, Brendan Richard and Shannon Taylor

Mapping the Main Roads to Fairness: Examining the Managerial Context of Fairness Promotion pp. 757-783

Chris P. Long

Good Without Knowing it: Subtle Contextual Cues can Activate Moral Identity and Reshape Moral Intuition pp. 785-800

Keith Leavitt, Lei Zhu and Karl Aquino

Volume 137, issue 3, 2016

The Ethics of the Living Wage: A Review and Research Agenda pp. 433-447

Andrea Werner and Ming Lim

What is Ethical Competence? The Role of Empathy, Personal Values, and the Five-Factor Model of Personality in Ethical Decision-Making pp. 449-474

Rico Pohling, Danilo Bzdok, Monika Eigenstetter, Siegfried Stumpf and Anja Strobel

Environmental Pressure and the Performance of Foreign Firms in an Emerging Economy pp. 475-490

Nahyun Kim, Jon J. Moon and Haitao Yin

Ethics and Well-Being: The Paradoxical Implications of Individual Differences in Ethical Orientation pp. 491-506

Robert A. Giacalone, Carole L. Jurkiewicz and Mark Promislo

Approving or Improving Research Ethics in Management Journals pp. 507-520

Michelle Greenwood

On the Discursive Construction of Corporate Social Responsibility in Advertising Agencies pp. 521-536

Neva Štumberger and Urša Golob

How Can a Deontological Decision Lead to Moral Behavior? The Moderating Role of Moral Identity pp. 537-549

Zhi Xing Xu and Hing Keung Ma

Understanding Privacy Online: Development of a Social Contract Approach to Privacy pp. 551-569

Kirsten Martin

Doing Bad to Feel Better? An Investigation of Within- and Between-Person Perceptions of Counterproductive Work Behavior as a Coping Tactic pp. 571-587

Mindy K. Shoss, Dustin K. Jundt, Allison Kobler and Clair Reynolds

SMEs in their Own Right: The Views of Managers and Workers in Vietnamese Textiles, Garment, and Footwear Companies pp. 589-608

Angie Ngoc Tran and Søren Jeppesen

Managerial Ownership and Agency Cost: Evidence from Bangladesh pp. 609-621

Afzalur Rashid

Do Compensation Committee Members Perceive Changing CEO Incentive Performance Targets Mid-Cycle to be Fair? pp. 623-638

Anne M. Wilkins, Dana R. Hermanson and Jeffrey R. Cohen

Volume 137, issue 2, 2016

The Downside of Being Responsible: Corporate Social Responsibility and Tail Risk pp. 213-229

Dolf Diemont, Kyle Moore and Aloy Soppe

Literature Review of Shared Value: A Theoretical Concept or a Management Buzzword? pp. 231-267

Krzysztof Dembek, Prakash Singh and Vikram Bhakoo

Market Orientation and CSR: Performance Implications pp. 269-284

Timothy Kiessling, Lars Isaksson and Burze Yasar

Work–Family Effects of Servant Leadership: The Roles of Emotional Exhaustion and Personal Learning pp. 285-297

Guiyao Tang, Ho Kwong Kwan, Deyuan Zhang and Zhou Zhu

Corporate Philanthropic Responses to Emergent Human Needs: The Role of Organizational Attention Focus pp. 299-314

Alan Muller and Gail Whiteman

The Effects of Euphemism Usage in Business Contexts pp. 315-320

Terri L. Rittenburg, George Albert Gladney and Teresa Stephenson

Conceptualization and Measurement of Virtuous Leadership: Doing Well by Doing Good pp. 321-345

Gordon Wang and Rick D. Hackett

Internal Audits as a Source of Ethical Behavior, Efficiency, and Effectiveness in Work Units pp. 347-363

Yahel Ma’ayan and Abraham Carmeli

Theory of Justice, OCB, and Individualism: Kyrgyz Citizens pp. 365-382

Mehmet Ferhat Özbek, Mohammad Asif Yoldash and Thomas Li-Ping Tang

It's All in the Game: A 3D Learning Model for Business Ethics pp. 383-403

Suzy Jagger, Haytham Siala and Diane Sloan

Developing Measurement Scales of Organizational and Issue Legitimacy: A Case of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising in the Pharmaceutical Industry pp. 405-413

Jee Young Chung, Bruce K. Berger and Jamie DeCoster

An Eye for an Eye Will Make the Whole World Blind: Conflict Escalation into Workplace Bullying and the Role of Distributive Conflict Behavior pp. 415-429

Elfi Baillien, Jeroen Camps, Anja Van den Broeck, Jeroen Stouten, Lode Godderis, Maarten Sercu and Hans De Witte

Erratum to: An Eye for an Eye Will Make the Whole World Blind: Conflict Escalation into Workplace Bullying and the Role of Distributive Conflict Behavior pp. 431-431

Elfi Baillien, Jeroen Camps, Anja Broeck, Jeroen Stouten, Lode Godderis, Maarten Sercu and Hans Witte

Volume 137, issue 1, 2016

Wisdom and the Tragic Question: Moral Learning and Emotional Perception in Leadership and Organisations pp. 1-13

Ajit Nayak

When do Firms Invest in Corporate Social Responsibility? A Real Option Framework pp. 15-29

Danny Cassimon, Peter-Jan Engelen and Luc Liedekerke

Managing Institutional Complexity: A Longitudinal Study of Legitimacy Strategies at a Sportswear Brand Company pp. 31-51

Dorothee Baumann-Pauly, Andreas Georg Scherer and Guido Palazzo

Making Loan Decisions in Banks: Straight from the Gut? pp. 53-63

Fiona Wilson

Corporate Social Responsibility and Multi-Stakeholder Governance: Pluralism, Feminist Perspectives and Women’s NGOs pp. 65-81

Kate Grosser

Ethical Screening and Financial Performance: The Case of Islamic Equity Funds pp. 83-99

Yunieta Nainggolan, Janice How and Peter Verhoeven

Consumers’ Responses to Public Figures’ Transgression: Moral Reasoning Strategies and Implications for Endorsed Brands pp. 101-113

Joon Sung Lee and Dae Hee Kwak

Susceptibility to the ‘Dark Side’ of Goal-Setting: Does Moral Justification Influence the Effect of Goals on Unethical Behavior? pp. 115-127

Karen Niven and Colm Healy

Linking Corporate Policy and Supervisory Support with Environmental Citizenship Behaviors: The Role of Employee Environmental Beliefs and Commitment pp. 129-148

Nicolas Raineri and Pascal Paillé

Gender Diversity in the Governance of Sport Associations: The Sydney Scoreboard Global Index of Participation pp. 149-160

Johanna Adriaanse

Eco-labeled Products: Trend or Tools for Sustainability Strategies? pp. 161-172

Alessandra De Chiara

CSR-Washing is Rare: A Conceptual Framework, Literature Review, and Critique pp. 173-193

Shawn Pope and Arild Wæraas

Leveraging Reputational Risk: Sustainable Sourcing Campaigns for Improving Labour Standards in Production Networks pp. 195-210

Chris F. Wright

Erratum to: Linking Corporate Policy and Supervisory Support with Environmental Citizenship Behaviors: The Role of Employee Environmental Beliefs and Commitment pp. 211-211

Nicolas Raineri and Pascal Paillé

Volume 136, issue 4, 2016

The Social License to Operate pp. 675-685

Geert Demuijnck and Björn Fasterling

Order Ethics: Bridging the Gap Between Contractarianism and Business Ethics pp. 687-697

Christoph Luetge, Thomas Armbrüster and Julian Müller

Public Regulators and CSR: The ‘Social Licence to Operate’ in Recent United Nations Instruments on Business and Human Rights and the Juridification of CSR pp. 699-714

Karin Buhmann

Rethinking the Ethics of Corporate Political Activities in a Post-Citizens United Era: Political Equality, Corporate Citizenship, and Market Failures pp. 715-728

Pierre-Yves Néron

Moral Legitimacy in Controversial Projects and Its Relationship with Social License to Operate: A Case Study pp. 729-742

Domènec Melé and Jaume Armengou

The Business School’s Right to Operate: Responsibilization and Resistance pp. 743-757

David Murillo and Steen Vallentin

Corporate Social Responsibility Failures: How do Consumers Respond to Corporate Violations of Implied Social Contracts? pp. 759-773

Cristel Antonia Russell, Dale W. Russell and Heather Honea

Community Religion, Employees, and the Social License to Operate pp. 775-807

Jinhua Cui, Hoje Jo and Manuel G. Velasquez

Volume 136, issue 3, 2016

Global Economic Integration in Developing Countries: The Role of Corruption and Human Capital Investment pp. 437-450

Charles E. Bryant and Rajshekhar G. Javalgi

A Fair Trade-off? Paradoxes in the Governance of Fair-trade Social Enterprises pp. 451-469

Chris Mason and Bob Doherty

Reassessing the Ethicality of Some Common Financial Practices pp. 471-480

Philipp Bagus, Amadeus Gabriel and David Howden

Expert Evaluation of Diagnostic Instrument for Personal and Organizational Value Congruence pp. 481-501

Jolita Vveinhardt and Evelina Gulbovaitė

Seeking Legitimacy Through CSR: Institutional Pressures and Corporate Responses of Multinationals in Sri Lanka pp. 503-522

Eshani Beddewela and Jenny Fairbrass

A Multi-level Perspective for the Integration of Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability (ECSRS) in Management Education pp. 523-538

Dolors Setó-Pamies and Eleni Papaoikonomou

Responsible Investing of Pension Assets: Links between Framing and Practices for Evaluation pp. 539-556

Darlene Himick and Sophie Audousset-Coulier

A Citation Analysis of Business Ethics Research: A Global Perspective pp. 557-573

Kam C. Chan, Anna Fung, Hung-Gay Fung and Jot Yau

The Impact of Option Popularity, Social Inclusion/Exclusion, and Self-affirmation on Consumers’ Propensity to Choose Green Hotels pp. 575-585

Yixing Lisa Gao and Anna S. Mattila

Ethical Codes in Sports Organizations: Classification Framework, Content Analysis, and the Influence of Content on Code Effectiveness pp. 587-598

Els Waegeneer, Jeroen Sompele and Annick Willem

Gender Diversity in the Boardroom and Risk Management: A Case of R&D Investment pp. 599-621

Shimin Chen, Xu Ni and Jamie Y. Tong

Foundations of Responsible Leadership: Asian Versus Western Executive Responsibility Orientations Toward Key Stakeholders pp. 623-638

Michael A. Witt and Günter K. Stahl

Family Control, Socioemotional Wealth, and Governance Environment: The Case of Bribes pp. 639-654

Shujun Ding, Baozhi Qu and Zhenyu Wu

Corporate Greening, Exchange Process Among Co-workers, and Ethics of Care: An Empirical Study on the Determinants of Pro-environmental Behaviors at Coworkers-Level pp. 655-673

Pascal Paillé, Jorge Humberto Mejía-Morelos, Anne Marché-Paillé, Chih Chieh Chen and Yang Chen

Volume 136, issue 2, 2016

“Beyond the Attitude-Behaviour Gap: Novel Perspectives in Consumer Ethics”: Introduction to the Thematic Symposium pp. 215-218

Robert Caruana, Michal J. Carrington and Andreas Chatzidakis

Who Says There is an Intention–Behaviour Gap? Assessing the Empirical Evidence of an Intention–Behaviour Gap in Ethical Consumption pp. 219-236

Louise M. Hassan, Edward Shiu and Deirdre Shaw

Caring and Conflicted: Mothers’ Ethical Judgments about Consumption pp. 237-250

Teresa Heath, Lisa O’Malley, Matthew Heath and Vicky Story

Care and Commitment in Ethical Consumption: An Exploration of the ‘Attitude–Behaviour Gap’ pp. 251-265

Deirdre Shaw, Robert McMaster and Terry Newholm

The Field of Business Sustainability and the Death Drive: A Radical Intervention pp. 267-279

Alan Bradshaw and Detlev Zwick

When do Board and Management Resources Complement Each Other? A Study of Effects on Corporate Social Responsibility pp. 281-292

Jeremy Galbreath

Environmental Performance Focus in Private Family Firms: The Role of Social Embeddedness pp. 293-309

Julie Dekker and Tim Hasso

Board Processes, Board Strategic Involvement, and Organizational Performance in For-profit and Non-profit Organizations pp. 311-328

Hongjin Zhu, Pengji Wang and Chris Bart

Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility: Competing or Complementary Approaches to Poverty Reduction and Socioeconomic Rights? pp. 329-347

Onyeka K. Osuji and Ugochukwu L. Obibuaku

Determinants of GHG Reporting: An Analysis of Global Oil and Gas Companies pp. 349-369

Breeda Comyns

Macroeconomic Fluctuations as Sources of Luck in CEO Compensation pp. 371-384

Hsin-Hui Chiu, Lars Oxelheim, Clas Wihlborg and Jianhua Zhang

Governance and Virtue: The Case of Public Order Policing pp. 385-398

Kevin Morrell and Stephen Brammer

Does Confucianism Reduce Board Gender Diversity? Firm-Level Evidence from China pp. 399-436

Xingqiang Du

Volume 136, issue 1, 2016

Organizational Determinants of Ethical Dysfunctionality pp. 1-12

Carole L. Jurkiewicz and Robert A. Giacalone

The Effects of Victim Anonymity on Unethical Behavior pp. 13-22

Kai Chi Yam and Scott J. Reynolds

Pledging Integrity: Oaths as Forms of Business Ethics Management pp. 23-42

Boudewijn Bruin

Delivering Bad News: How Procedural Unfairness Affects Messengers’ Distancing and Refusals pp. 43-55

James J. Lavelle, Robert Folger and Jennifer G. Manegold

Antecedents and Consequences of Employer Branding pp. 57-72

Mukesh K. Biswas and Damodar Suar

Corporate Social Responsibility in China: A Corporate Governance Approach pp. 73-87

ChungMing Lau, Yuan Lu and Qiang Liang

The Moral of the Story: Re-framing Ethical Codes of Conduct as Narrative Processes pp. 89-100

Matt Statler and David Oliver

Identifying the Determinants of the Decision to Create Socially Responsible Funds: An Empirical Investigation pp. 101-117

Jonathan Peillex and Loredana Ureche-Rangau

Will the Real A. Smith Please Stand Up! pp. 119-132

Matthias P. Hühn and Claus Dierksmeier

Individual Auditor Conservatism After CSRC Sanctions pp. 133-146

Jerry Sun, Steven F. Cahan and Jing Xu

The Impact of Competitors–Firm Power Divergence on Chinese SMES’ Environmental and Financial Performance pp. 147-165

Zhi Tang and Jintong Tang

Conceptualization of CSR Among Muslim Consumers in Dubai: Evolving from Philanthropy to Ethical and Economic Orientations pp. 167-179

Valerie Priscilla Goby and Catherine Nickerson

Towards a Framework for Understanding Fairtrade Purchase Intention in the Mainstream Environment of Supermarkets pp. 181-197

Fred Amofa Yamoah, Rachel Duffy, Dan Petrovici and Andrew Fearne

Corporate Governance and Executive Compensation for Corporate Social Responsibility pp. 199-213

Bryan Hong, Zhichuan Li and Dylan Minor