Journal of Business Ethics

1998 - 2025

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

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Volume 134, issue 4, 2016

Sustainable and Ethical Entrepreneurship, Corporate Finance and Governance, and Institutional Reform in China pp. 505-508

Douglas Cumming, Wenxuan Hou and Edward Lee

Revisiting the Bright and Dark Sides of Capital Flows in Business Groups pp. 509-528

Joseph P. H. Fan, Li Jin and Guojian Zheng

Social Capital, Informal Governance, and Post-IPO Firm Performance: A Study of Chinese Entrepreneurial Firms pp. 529-551

Jerry X. Cao, Yuan Ding and Hua Zhang

Ownership Structure and Insider Trading: Evidence from China pp. 553-574

Qing He and Oliver Rui

Is Corporate Governance in China Related to Performance Persistence? pp. 575-592

Lars Helge Haß, Sofia Johan and Denis Schweizer

Donate Money, but Whose? An Empirical Study of Ultimate Control Rights, Agency Problems, and Corporate Philanthropy in China pp. 593-610

Justin Tan and Yuejun Tang

Good Apples, Bad Apples: Sorting Among Chinese Companies Traded in the U.S pp. 611-629

James S. Ang, Zhiqian Jiang and Chaopeng Wu

Environmental Management Under Subnational Institutional Constraints pp. 631-648

Shujun Ding, Chunxin Jia, Zhenyu Wu and Wenlong Yuan

The Effectiveness of Public Enforcement: Evidence from the Resolution of Tunneling in China pp. 649-668

Lars Helge Haß, Sofia Johan and Maximilian André Müller

Executive Compensation and Corporate Fraud in China pp. 669-691

Martin Conyon and Lerong He

Regulatory Sanctions on Independent Directors and Their Consequences to the Director Labor Market: Evidence from China pp. 693-708

Michael Firth, Sonia Wong, Qingquan Xin and Ho Yin Yick

Institutional Investors, Political Connections, and the Incidence of Regulatory Enforcement Against Corporate Fraud pp. 709-726

Wenfeng Wu, Sofia Johan and Oliver Rui

Does the External Monitoring Effect of Financial Analysts Deter Corporate Fraud in China? pp. 727-742

Jiandong Chen, Douglas Cumming, Wenxuan Hou and Edward Lee

Volume 134, issue 3, 2016

The Role of Individual Variables, Organizational Variables and Moral Intensity Dimensions in Libyan Management Accountants’ Ethical Decision Making pp. 335-358

Ahmed Musbah, Christopher J. Cowton and David Tyfa

The Bright and Dark Side of Altruism: Demographic, Personality Traits, and Disorders Associated with Altruism pp. 359-368

Adrian Furnham, Luke Treglown, Gillian Hyde and Geoff Trickey

Changes in the Covalence Ethical Quote, Financial Performance and Financial Reporting Quality pp. 369-395

Fayez A. Elayan, Jingyu Li, Zhefeng Frank Liu, Thomas O. Meyer and Sandra Felton

A Study of Codes of Ethics for Mexican Microfinance Institutions pp. 397-412

Lauren Kleynjans and Marek Hudon

Guanxi with Supervisor and Counterproductive Work Behavior: The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction pp. 413-427

Long Zhang and Yulin Deng

Organizational Ethics Research: A Systematic Review of Methods and Analytical Techniques pp. 429-443

Michael S. McLeod, G. Tyge Payne and Robert E. Evert

Voluntary Disclosure of Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Contrasting the Carbon Disclosure Project and Corporate Reports pp. 445-461

Florence Depoers, Thomas Jeanjean and Tiphaine Jérôme

Shareholder Primacy, Corporate Social Responsibility, and the Role of Business Schools pp. 463-478

N. Craig Smith and David Rönnegard

The Signaling Effect of Corporate Social Responsibility in Emerging Economies pp. 479-491

Weichieh Su, Mike W. Peng, Weiqiang Tan and Yan-Leung Cheung

Ethical Leadership Behavior and Employee Justice Perceptions: The Mediating Role of Trust in Organization pp. 493-504

Angela J. Xu, Raymond Loi and Hang-yue Ngo

Volume 134, issue 2, 2016

Firm Internationalization and Corporate Social Responsibility pp. 171-197

Najah Attig, Narjess Boubakri, Sadok El Ghoul and Omrane Guedhami

Influence of Biological Sex and Gender Roles on Ethicality pp. 199-208

Damodar Suar and Jyotiranjan Gochhayat

Does Shari’ah Screening Cause Abnormal Returns? Empirical Evidence from Islamic Equity Indices pp. 209-228

Dawood Ashraf

Positive and Negative Antecedents of Purchasing Eco-friendly Products: A Comparison Between Green and Non-green Consumers pp. 229-247

Camilla Barbarossa and Patrick Pelsmacker

A Discovery of Early Labor Organizations and the Women who Advocated Work–Life Balance: An Ethical Perspective pp. 249-261

Simone T. A. Phipps and Leon C. Prieto

Cultural Values, Utilitarian Orientation, and Ethical Decision Making: A Comparison of U.S. and Puerto Rican Professionals pp. 263-279

Lillian Y. Fok, Dinah M. Payne and Christy M. Corey

The Process of Responsibility, Decoupling Point, and Disengagement of Moral and Social Responsibility in Supply Chains: Empirical Findings and Prescriptive Thoughts pp. 281-298

David Eriksson and Göran Svensson

The Moral Judgment Relationship Between Leaders and Followers: A Comparative Study Across the Taiwan Strait pp. 299-310

Yi-Hui Ho and Chieh-Yu Lin

Frequent Change and Turnover Intention: The Moderating Role of Ethical Leadership pp. 311-322

Mayowa T. Babalola, Jeroen Stouten and Martin Euwema

What is the CSR’s Focus in Healthcare? pp. 323-334

Fabrizio Russo

Volume 134, issue 1, 2016

A Study of Key Success Factors of Service Enterprises in China pp. 1-14

Min Zhang, Biying Jin, G. Alan Wang, Thong Ngee Goh and Zhen He

Three-Level Mechanism of Consumer Digital Piracy: Development and Cross-Cultural Validation pp. 15-27

Mateja Kos Koklic, Monika Kukar-Kinney and Irena Vida

Giving the Gift of Goodness: An Exploration of Socially Responsible Gift-Giving pp. 29-44

Todd Green, Julie Tinson and John Peloza

Exploring Factors that Influence Social Retail Investors’ Decisions: Evidence from Desjardins Fund pp. 45-67

Dominique Diouf, Tessa Hebb and El Hadji Touré

Ethics Matter: Moderating Leaders’ Power Use and Followers’ Citizenship Behaviors pp. 69-81

Peter J. Reiley and Rick R. Jacobs

Voluntary Governance Mechanisms in Global Supply Chains: Beyond CSR to a Stakeholder Utility Perspective pp. 83-102

Vivek Soundararajan and Jill A. Brown

Boundaries Between Business and Politics: A Study on the Division of Moral Labor pp. 103-116

Jukka Mäkinen and Eero Kasanen

Influence of National Institutions on the Corporate Social Responsibility Practices of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises in the Food-processing Industry: Differences Between France and Morocco pp. 117-133

Jamal Baz, Issam Laguir, Magalie Marais and Raffaele Staglianò

Corporate Social Responsibility in Challenging and Non-enabling Institutional Contexts: Do Institutional Voids matter? pp. 135-153

Kenneth Amaeshi, Emmanuel Adegbite and Tazeeb Rajwani

Whistleblowing, Governance and Regulation Before the Financial Crisis: The Case of HBOS pp. 155-169

Ian P. Dewing and Peter O. Russell

Volume 133, issue 4, 2016

Social Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics: Does Social Equal Ethical? pp. 619-625

Elizabeth Chell, Laura J. Spence, Francesco Perrini and Jared D. Harris

Rethinking the Space of Ethics in Social Entrepreneurship: Power, Subjectivity, and Practices of Freedom pp. 627-641

Pascal Dey and Chris Steyaert

Linking Social Entrepreneurship and Social Change: The Mediating Role of Empowerment pp. 643-658

Helen M. Haugh and Alka Talwar

From Caring Entrepreneur to Caring Enterprise: Addressing the Ethical Challenges of Scaling up Social Enterprises pp. 659-675

Kevin André and Anne-Claire Pache

The Impact of Moral Intensity and Desire for Control on Scaling Decisions in Social Entrepreneurship pp. 677-689

Brett R. Smith, Geoffrey M. Kistruck and Benedetto Cannatelli

A Credit Score System for Socially Responsible Lending pp. 691-701

Begoña Gutiérrez-Nieto, Carlos Serrano-Cinca and Juan Camón-Cala

Beyond the Moral Portrayal of Social Entrepreneurs: An Empirical Approach to Who They Are and What Drives Them pp. 703-718

Sophie Bacq, Chantal Hartog and Brigitte Hoogendoorn

Visionaries and Wayfinders: Deliberate and Emergent Pathways to Vision in Social Entrepreneurship pp. 719-734

Sandra Waddock and Erica Steckler

Volume 133, issue 3, 2016

Strategic and Regulatory Approaches to Increasing Women in Leadership: Multilevel Targets and Mandatory Quotas as Levers for Cultural Change pp. 395-419

Alice Klettner, Thomas Clarke and Martijn Boersma

Perceived Legitimacy of Executives Bonuses in Time of Global Crisis: A Mapping of Portuguese People’s Views pp. 421-429

Joana Margarida Sequeira Neto and Etienne Mullet

Regulatory Multiplicity and Conflict: Towards a Combined Code on Corporate Governance in Nigeria pp. 431-451

Louise Osemeke and Emmanuel Adegbite

Family Control, Socioemotional Wealth and Earnings Management in Publicly Traded Firms pp. 453-469

Geoffrey Martin, Joanna Tochman Campbell and Luis Gomez-Mejia

How Green Management Influences Product Innovation in China: The Role of Institutional Benefits pp. 471-485

Chengli Shu, Kevin Z. Zhou, Yazhen Xiao and Shanxing Gao

HALF THE SKY: The Moderating Role of Cultural Collectivism in Job Turnover Among Chinese Female Workers pp. 487-498

Jingqiu Chen, Lei Wang and Ningyu Tang

Economy of Mutuality: Merging Financial and Social Sustainability pp. 499-517

Kevin Jackson

Late Disclosure of Insider Trades: Who Does It and Why? pp. 519-531

Millicent Chang and Yilin Lim

Is There a Gold Social Seal? The Financial Effects of Additions to and Deletions from Social Stock Indices pp. 533-552

Konstantina Kappou and Ioannis Oikonomou

What Determines Principle-Based Standards Implementation? Reporting on Global Compact Adoption in Spanish Firms pp. 553-565

Silvia Ayuso, Mercè Roca, Jorge A. Arevalo and Deepa Aravind

Managing Impressions in the Face of Rising Stakeholder Pressures: Examining Oil Companies’ Shifting Stances in the Climate Change Debate pp. 567-582

Mignon Halderen, Mamta Bhatt, Guido A. J. M. Berens, Tom J. Brown and Cees Riel

Theory of Monetary Intelligence: Money Attitudes—Religious Values, Making Money, Making Ethical Decisions, and Making the Grade pp. 583-603

Thomas Li-Ping Tang

Exploring the Influence of Ethical Climate on Employee Compassion in the Hospitality Industry pp. 605-617

Pablo Zoghbi-Manrique- de-Lara and Rita Guerra-Baez

Volume 133, issue 2, 2016

The Sustainability Balanced Scorecard: A Systematic Review of Architectures pp. 193-221

Erik G. Hansen and Stefan Schaltegger

Entrepreneurial Orientation and Corruption pp. 223-234

Tobias Karmann, René Mauer, Tessa C. Flatten and Malte Brettel

The Limits of Generosity: Lessons on Ethics, Economy, and Reciprocity in Kafka’s The Metamorphosis pp. 235-248

Carl Rhodes and Robert Westwood

Internalized Moral Identity in Ethical Leadership pp. 249-260

Rebekka Skubinn and Lisa Herzog

Ordinary Aristocrats: The Discursive Construction of Philanthropists as Ethical Leaders pp. 261-277

Helena Liu and Christopher Baker

When CEO Career Horizon Problems Matter for Corporate Social Responsibility: The Moderating Roles of Industry-Level Discretion and Blockholder Ownership pp. 279-291

Won-Yong Oh, Young Kyun Chang and Zheng Cheng

Re-thinking Capitalism: What We can Learn from Scholasticism? pp. 293-304

Domènec Melé

Corporate Social Responsibility as a Strategic Shield Against Costs of Earnings Management Practices pp. 305-324

Jennifer Martínez-Ferrero, Shantanu Banerjee and Isabel María García-Sánchez

Impact of Islamic Work Ethics on Organizational Citizenship Behaviors and Knowledge-Sharing Behaviors pp. 325-333

Ghulam Murtaza, Muhammad Abbas, Usman Raja, Olivier Roques, Afsheen Khalid and Rizwan Mushtaq

Applying Behavioural Theory to the Challenge of Sustainable Development: Using Hairdressers as Diffusers of More Sustainable Hair-Care Practices pp. 335-349

Denise Baden and Swarna Prasad

Local Institutions, Audit Quality, and Corporate Scandals of US-Listed Foreign Firms pp. 351-373

Lei Chen

Removing Vacant Chairs: Does Independent Directors’ Attendance at Board Meetings Matter? pp. 375-393

Huilong Liu, Hong Wang and Liansheng Wu

Volume 133, issue 1, 2016

Letter from the Incoming Editors pp. 1-3

R. Edward Freeman and Michelle Greenwood

Letter from the Incoming Editors pp. 1-3

R. Freeman and Michelle Greenwood

Special Issue on Industrial Clusters and Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries pp. 5-8

Peter Lund-Thomsen, Adam Lindgreen and Joelle Vanhamme

Industrial Clusters and Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries: What We Know, What We do not Know, and What We Need to Know pp. 9-24

Peter Lund-Thomsen, Adam Lindgreen and Joelle Vanhamme

Economic and Social Upgrading in Global Value Chains and Industrial Clusters: Why Governance Matters pp. 25-38

Gary Gereffi and Joonkoo Lee

Human Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility in Developing Countries’ Industrial Clusters pp. 39-54

Elisa Giuliani

Rising Power Clusters and the Challenges of Local and Global Standards pp. 55-72

Peter Knorringa and Khalid Nadvi

Ethics Training in the Indian IT Sector: Formal, Informal or Both? pp. 73-93

Pratima Verma, Siddharth Mohapatra and Jan Löwstedt

Socio-Cognitive Determinants of Consumers’ Support for the Fair Trade Movement pp. 95-109

Andreas Chatzidakis, Minas Kastanakis and Anastasia Stathopoulou

Exploring the Security of Information Sharing on Social Networking Sites: The Role of Perceived Control of Information pp. 111-123

Nick Hajli and Xiaolin Lin

Are Authentic Leaders Always Moral? The Role of Machiavellianism in the Relationship Between Authentic Leadership and Morality pp. 125-139

Sen Sendjaya, Andre Pekerti, Charmine Härtel, Giles Hirst and Ivan Butarbutar

Insights Regarding the Applicability of the Defining Issues Test to Advance Ethics Research with Accounting Students: A Meta-analytic Review pp. 141-163

Anne Christensen, Jane Cote and Claire Latham

On Firms and the Next Generations: Difficulties and Possibilities for Business Ethics Inquiry pp. 165-178

Daniel Arenas and Pablo Rodrigo

The Influence of Board Diversity, Board Diversity Policies and Practices, and Board Inclusion Behaviors on Nonprofit Governance Practices pp. 179-191

Kathleen Buse, Ruth Bernstein and Diana Bilimoria