Journal of Business Ethics

1998 - 2025

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

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Volume 187, issue 4, 2023

Intimate Partner Violence and Business: Exploring the Boundaries of Ethical Enquiry pp. 645-655

Charlotte M. Karam, Michelle Greenwood, Laura Kauzlarich, Anne O’Leary Kelly and Tracy Wilcox

Corporate Responses to Intimate Partner Violence pp. 657-677

Layla Branicki, Senia Kalfa, Alison Pullen and Stephen Brammer

Financial Abuse in a Banking Context: Why and How Financial Institutions can Respond pp. 679-694

Ayesha Scott

The Spread of Digital Intimate Partner Violence: Ethical Challenges for Business, Workplaces, Employers and Management pp. 695-711

Jeff Hearn, Matthew Hall, Ruth Lewis and Charlotta Niemistö

Shared Value Creation in Equivocal CSR Environments: A Configuration Approach pp. 713-732

Olivia Aronson and Irene Henriques

The Interdisciplinary Responsible Management Competence Framework: An Integrative Review of Ethics, Responsibility, and Sustainability Competences pp. 733-757

Oliver Laasch, Dirk C. Moosmayer and Elena P. Antonacopoulou

Trees in the Forest: How Do Family Owners Make CSR Decisions in Business Groups? pp. 759-780

Won-Yong Oh, Hojae Ree, Young Kyun Chang and Igor Postuła

Can Green Investments Increase Your Green? Evidence from Social Hedge Fund Activists pp. 781-801

Jonghyuk Bae, Natalya Khimich, Sungsoo Kim and Emanuel Zur

Clearing the Smoke: Regulations, Moral Legitimacy, and Performance in the U.S. Tobacco Industry pp. 803-819

Ana M. Aranda and Tal Simons

The Ethics of Sharing: Does Generosity Erode the Competitive Advantage of an Ecosystem Firm? pp. 821-839

Muhammad Aftab Alam, David Rooney, Erik Lundmark and Murray Taylor

Preventing Disclosure-Induced Moral Licensing: Evidence from the Boardroom pp. 841-857

Thomas G. Canace, Leigh Salzsieder and Tammie J. Schaefer

Volume 187, issue 3, 2023

Do LGBTQ-Supportive Corporate Policies Affect Consumer Behavior? Evidence from the Video Game Industry pp. 421-432

Petr Parshakov, Iuliia Naidenova, Carlos Gomez-Gonzalez and Cornel Nesseler

Diversity for Justice vs. Diversity for Performance: Philosophical and Empirical Tensions pp. 433-447

Jason Brennan

Ethnic Diversity, Trust and Corporate Social Responsibility: The Moderating Effects of Marketization and Language pp. 449-471

Gaowen Kong, T. Dongmin Kong, Ni Qin and Li Yu

The Negative Effect of Low Belonging on Consumer Responses to Sustainable Products pp. 473-492

Ainslie E. Schultz, Kevin P. Newman and Scott A. Wright

Keeping Promises? Mutual Funds’ Investment Objectives and Impact of Carbon Risk Disclosures pp. 493-516

John R. Nofsinger and Abhishek Varma

StoneRidge Investment Partners v. Scientific Atlanta: A Test of Auditor Litigation Risk pp. 517-538

Anna Bergman Brown, Nicole M. Heron, Hagit Levy and Emanuel Zur

Does Venture Capital Backing Improve Disclosure Controls and Procedures? Evidence from Management’s Post-IPO Disclosures pp. 539-563

Douglas Cumming, Lars Helge Hass, Linda A. Myers and Monika Tarsalewska

The State of Ohio’s Auditors, the Enumeration of Population, and the Project of Eugenics pp. 565-587

Cameron Graham, Martin Persson, Vaughan S. Radcliffe and Mitchell J. Stein

The Effect of Human Capital on Stock Price Crash Risk pp. 589-609

Yi Si and Chongwu Xia

A Virtual Net Locks Me In: How and When Information and Communication Technology Use Intensity Leads to Knowledge Hiding pp. 611-626

Zhe Zhang and Xintong Ji

Diverse, Ethical, Collaborative Leadership Through Revitalized Cultural Archetype: The Mary Alternative pp. 627-644

Teresa J. Rothausen

Volume 187, issue 2, 2023

How to Sharpen Our Discourse on Corporate Sustainability and Business Ethics—A View from the Section Editors pp. 225-235

Kai Hockerts and Cory Searcy

The Mine or the Mire? Mobilising Place in Natural Resource Struggles pp. 237-254

Johanna Järvelä

Accountable Selves and Responsibility Within a Global Forum pp. 255-270

Victoria Pagan, Kathryn Haynes and Stefanie Reissner

Automation and Well-Being: Bridging the Gap between Economics and Business Ethics pp. 271-281

David A. Spencer

The Moral Limits of Market-Based Mechanisms: An Application to the International Maritime Sector pp. 283-299

Jason Monios

Integrative Resource Model of Workplace Inclusion for Reduced Inequality: Conservation of Resources Perspective pp. 301-323

Yuka Fujimoto, Ahmed Ferdous and Faisal Wali

Gender Bias in Entrepreneurship: What is the Role of the Founders’ Entrepreneurial Background? pp. 325-346

Luca Pistilli, Alessia Paccagnini, Stefano Breschi and Franco Malerba

Are Leaders Responsible for Meaningful Work? Perspectives from Buddhist-Enacted Leaders and Buddhist Ethics pp. 347-370

Mai Chi Vu and Roger Gill

Social Undermining at the Workplace: How Religious Faith Encourages Employees Who are Aware of Their Social Undermining Behaviors to Express More Guilt and Perform Better pp. 371-383

Nasib Dar, Muhammad Usman, Jin Cheng and Usman Ghani

To Blow or Not to Blow the Whistle? An Islamic Framework pp. 385-404

Dina El-Bassiouny, Amr Kotb, Hany Elbardan and Noha El-Bassiouny

How Moral Identity Inhibits Employee Silence Behavior: The Roles of Felt Obligation and Corporate Social Responsibility Perception pp. 405-420

Aimin Yan, Hao Guo, Zhiqing E. Zhou, Julan Xie and Hao Ma

Volume 187, issue 1, 2023

Quantitative Research on Corporate Social Responsibility: A Quest for Relevance and Rigor in a Quickly Evolving, Turbulent World pp. 1-15

Shuili Du, Assaad El Akremi and Ming Jia

‘It’s as if I’m Worth Nothing’—Cost-Driven Restructuring and the Dignity of Long-Term Workers in Finland’s State-Owned Postal Service Company pp. 17-31

Atte Vieno

Does the Ethos of Law Erode? Lawyers’ Professional Practices, Self-Understanding and Ethics at Work pp. 33-52

Bernadette Loacker

Fairly Meaningful: Mechanisms Linking Organizational Fairness to Perceived Meaningfulness pp. 53-72

Wei Si, Jialing Xiao and Leni Chen

When the Private and the Public Self Don’t Align: The Role of Discrepant Moral Identity Dimensions in Processing Inconsistent CSR Information pp. 73-96

Ramona Demasi and Christian Voegtlin

Sins of Commission and Omission: The Implications of an Active–Passive Categorization of Counterproductive Work Behavior pp. 97-117

Jonathan B. Evans, Jerel E. Slaughter and Mahira L. Ganster

Exploring the Antecedents of Unethical Pro-organizational Behavior (UPB): A Meta-Analysis pp. 119-136

Yuxiang Luan, Kai Zhao, Zheyuan Wang and Feng Hu

A Dilemma of Self-interest vs. Ethical Responsibilities in Political Insider Trading pp. 137-167

Jan Hanousek, Hoje Jo, Christos Pantzalis and Jung Chul Park

A Multi-layered Illustration of Exemplary Business Ethics Practices with Voices of the Engineers in the Health Products Industry pp. 169-183

Dayoung Kim and Justin L. Hess

The Impact of Work-Related Use of Information and Communication Technologies After Hours on Time Theft pp. 185-198

Chenqian Xu, Zhu Yao and Zhengde Xiong

Is Cybersecurity Risk Factor Disclosure Informative? Evidence from Disclosures Following a Data Breach pp. 199-224

Jing Chen, Elaine Henry and Xi Jiang

Volume 186, issue 4, 2023

Coevolution of Strategy, Innovation and Ethics pp. 711-721

Liang Wang and Justin Tan

Innovator or Troublemaker? The Co-evolution of Ethical Controversies, Legitimation and Institutionalisation of the Ridesharing Firms in China pp. 723-737

Xiao-xiao Liu, Feng Xiong and Xingqiang Du

How Political Ties and Green Innovation Co-evolve in China: Alignment with Institutional Development and Environmental Pollution pp. 739-760

Wei Jiang, Kui Wang and Kevin Zheng Zhou

Industry Reputation Crisis and Firm Certification: A Co-evolution Perspective pp. 761-780

Yanying Chen, Liang Ping and Feng Helen Liang

MNEs’ Ambidexterity Strategies and Moral Conflicts: The Case of Google in China pp. 781-796

Shuxin Zhong, Xiaoyang Zhao and Juan Song

Attention-Based Constraint to MNC Coevolution in China's Changing Stakeholder Environment pp. 797-814

Meng Zhao, Xufei Ma, Seung Ho Park and Lingli Luo

How do Corporate Social Responsibility and Innovation Co-evolve with Organizational Forms? Evidence from a Transitional Economy pp. 815-829

Helen Wei Hu and Jiamin Zhang

Signaling Effects of CSR Performance on Cross-border Alliance Formation pp. 831-850

Ding Wang, Jiang Wei, Niels Noorderhaven and Yang Liu

Volume 186, issue 3, 2023

Harm Reduction, Solidarity, and Social Mobility as Target Functions: A Rortian Approach to Stakeholder Theory pp. 479-492

David Weitzner and Yuval Deutsch

I Am Not Just a Nurse: The Need for a Boundaried Ethic of Care in the Context of Prolific Relationality pp. 493-510

Wee Chan Au and Siân Stephens

Organizational Event Stigma: Typology, Processes, and Stickiness pp. 511-530

Kim Clark and Yuan Li

When the Presidential Candidate Comes to Town: The Impact of Donald J. Trump’s Campaign Rallies on Local Firms’ Environmental and Social Performance pp. 531-552

Feng Guo, Yonghong Liu, Mengmeng Wang and Yiyang Zhang

Misrepresentation of Marginalized Groups: A Critique of Epistemic Neocolonialism pp. 553-570

Rashedur Chowdhury

Let’s Join Forces: Institutional Resilience and Multistakeholder Partnerships in Crises pp. 571-592

Gorgi Krlev

Geographic Concentration of Institutional Blockholders and Workplace Safety Violations pp. 593-613

Xin Cheng, Orhun Guldiken and Wei Shi

Who are the Empowered Employees: Those with High Work Performance or High Ethical Behavior? pp. 615-631

Meizhen Lin, Xiaoyi Wu and Xiaolu Li

Informal Networks, Informal Institutions, and Social Exclusion in the Workplace: Insights from Subsidiaries of Multinational Corporations in Korea pp. 633-655

Sven Horak and Yuliani Suseno

The Emotional Machiavellian: Interactions Between Leaders and Employees pp. 657-673

Nilupulee Liyanagamage, Mario Fernando and Belinda Gibbons

For the Love of the Game: Moral Ambivalence and Justification Work in Consuming Violence pp. 675-694

Clément Dubreuil, Delphine Dion and Stéphane Borraz

Spiritual Leadership and Employee CSR Participation: A Probe from a Sensemaking Perspective pp. 695-709

WenChi Zou, BaoWen Lin, Ling Su and Jeffery D. Houghton

Volume 186, issue 2, 2023

Don’t Just Trust Your Gut: The Importance of Normative Deliberation to Ethical Decision-Making at Work pp. 257-277

Oyku Arkan, Mahak Nagpal, Tobey K. Scharding and Danielle E. Warren

Handling Whistleblowing Reports: The Complexity of the Double Agent pp. 279-292

Nadia Smaili, Wim Vandekerckhove and Paulina Arroyo Pardo

Theorising the Fiduciary: Ontology and Ethics pp. 293-307

Helen J. Mussell

Nudge Me If You Can! Why Order Ethicists Should Embrace the Nudge Approach pp. 309-324

Nikil Mukerji and Adriano Mannino

The Effect of Ethical Commitment Reminder and Reciprocity in the Workplace on Misreporting pp. 325-345

Muhammad Irdam Ferdiansah, Vincent K. Chong, Isabel Z. Wang and David R. Woodliff

Leadership and Workplace Aggression: A Meta-analysis pp. 347-367

Wenrui Cao, Peikai Li, Reine van der Wal and Toon Taris

What (If Anything) is Wrong with High-Frequency Trading? pp. 369-383

Carl David Mildenberger

Paved with Good Intentions: Self-regulation Breakdown After Altruistic Ethical Transgression pp. 385-405

Hongyu Zhang, Xin Lucy Liu, Yahua Cai and Xiuli Sun

Employee Humor Can Shield Them from Abusive Supervision pp. 407-424

Mingpeng Huang, Dong Ju, Kai Chi Yam, Shengming Liu, Xin Qin and Guangdi Tian

Authoritarian-Benevolent Leadership and Employee Behaviors: An Examination of the Role of LMX Ambivalence pp. 425-443

Lixin Chen and Qingxiong Weng

Linking Perceived Organizational Politics to Workplace Cyberbullying Perpetration: The Role of Anger and Fear pp. 445-463

Omer Farooq Malik and Shaun Pichler

Performance Pressure and Employee Expediency: The Role of Moral Decoupling pp. 465-478

Julie N. Y. Zhu, Long W. Lam, Yan Liu and Ning Jiang

Volume 186, issue 1, 2023

Methodological Decolonisation and Local Epistemologies in Business Ethics Research pp. 1-12

Obaa Akua Konadu-Osei, Smaranda Boroş and Anita Bosch

Ethical Decision-Making in Indigenous Financial Services: QSuper Case Study pp. 13-29

Clare J. M. Burns, Luke Houghton, Deborah Delaney and Cindy Shannon

Breaking the Cycle of Marginalization: How to Involve Local Communities in Multi-stakeholder Initiatives? pp. 31-62

Manon Eikelenboom and Thomas B. Long

Activating Corporate Environmental Ethics on the Frontline: A Natural Resource-Based View pp. 63-86

Colin B. Gabler, Omar Itani and Raj Agnihotri

Determinants of Supply Chain Engagement in Carbon Management pp. 87-104

Katrina Lintukangas, Heli Arminen, Anni-Kaisa Kähkönen and Elina Karttunen

Do Natural Disasters Affect Corporate Tax Avoidance? The Case of Drought pp. 105-135

Christofer Adrian, Mukesh Garg, Anh Viet Pham, Soon-Yeow Phang and Cameron Truong

Using Machine Learning to Predict Corporate Fraud: Evidence Based on the GONE Framework pp. 137-158

Xin Xu, Feng Xiong and Zhe An

My Company Cares About My Success…I Think: Clarifying Why and When a Firm’s Ethical Reputation Impacts Employees’ Subjective Career Success pp. 159-177

Darryl B. Rice, Regina M. Taylor, Yiding Wang, Sijing Wei and Valentina Ge

Ethical Perceptions of AI in Hiring and Organizational Trust: The Role of Performance Expectancy and Social Influence pp. 179-197

Maria Figueroa-Armijos, Brent B. Clark and Serge P. da Motta Veiga

Seeming Ethical Makes You Attractive: Unraveling How Ethical Perceptions of AI in Hiring Impacts Organizational Innovativeness and Attractiveness pp. 199-216

Serge P. da Motta Veiga, Maria Figueroa-Armijos and Brent B. Clark

Three Paths to Feeling Just: How Managers Grapple with Justice Conundrums During Organizational Change pp. 217-236

Julia Zwank, Marjo-Riitta Diehl and Marion Fortin

Privacy Behaviour: A Model for Online Informed Consent pp. 237-255

Gary Burkhardt, Frederic Boy, Daniele Doneddu and Nick Hajli