Journal of Business Ethics

1998 - 2025

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Volume 119, issue 4, 2014

Positive Organizational Ethics: Cultivating and Sustaining Moral Performance pp. 435-444

Leslie Sekerka, Debra Comer and Lindsey Godwin

Reconsidering Virtue: Differences of Perspective in Virtue Ethics and the Positive Social Sciences pp. 445-460

David Bright, Bradley Winn and Jason Kanov

Wage Cuts and Managers’ Empathy: How a Positive Emotion Can Contribute to Positive Organizational Ethics in Difficult Times pp. 461-472

Joerg Dietz and Emmanuelle Kleinlogel

Normal Compassion: A Framework for Compassionate Decision Making pp. 473-491

Ace Simpson, Stewart Clegg and Tyrone Pitsis

In the Eye of the Beholder: An Exploration of Managerial Courage pp. 493-515

Michelle Harbour and Veronika Kisfalvi

Supererogation: Beyond Positive Deviance and Corporate Social Responsibility pp. 517-528

Daina Mazutis

Institutionalizing Ethics in Institutional Voids: Building Positive Ethical Strength to Serve Women Microfinance Borrowers in Negative Contexts pp. 529-542

Subrata Chakrabarty and A. Bass

Understanding Sustainability Innovations Through Positive Ethical Networks pp. 543-559

Zahir Dossa and Katrin Kaeufer

Volume 119, issue 3, 2014

Morality, Ethics, and Values Outside and Inside Organizations: An Example of the Discourse on Climate Change pp. 287-300

Cristina Besio and Andrea Pronzini

Firm–Employee Relationships from a Social Responsibility Perspective: Developments from Communist Thinking to Market Ideology in Romania. A Mass Media Story pp. 301-315

Oana Apostol and Salme Näsi

The Relationship Between Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Stakeholder Pressure and Corporate Sustainability Performance pp. 317-328

Julia Wolf

The Level of Compliance with the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes: Does it Matter to Stock Markets? pp. 329-348

Andreas Hoepner, Thereza Aguiar and Ravi Majithia

Who Needs CSR? The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on National Competitiveness pp. 349-364

Ioanna Boulouta and Christos Pitelis

Reason, Rationality, and Fiduciary Duty pp. 365-380

Steve Lydenberg

Why the Doctor Will NOT See You Now: The Ethics of Enforcing Covenants Not to Compete in Physician Employment Contracts pp. 381-398

Michelle Beauchamp, Sandra Benson and Lara Daniel

Mises, Hayek and Corruption pp. 399-404

Tomáš Otáhal

The Influence of Consumers’ Cognitive and Psychographic Traits on Perceived Deception: A Comparison Between Online and Offline Retailing Contexts pp. 405-422

Isabel Riquelme and Sergio Román

Taking Terrain Literally: Grounding Local Adaptation to Corporate Social Responsibility in the Extractive Industries pp. 423-434

Michael Dougherty and Tricia Olsen

Volume 119, issue 2, 2014

Beyond Business Ethics: An Agenda for the Trustworthy Teachers and Practitioners of Business pp. 151-172

Ann Congleton

The Struggles of the Interculturalists: Professional Ethical Identity and Early Stages of Codes of Ethics Development pp. 173-191

Laurence Romani and Betina Szkudlarek

The Crucial Role of Turnover Intentions in Transforming Moral Disengagement Into Deviant Behavior at Work pp. 193-208

Jessica Christian and Aleksander Ellis

Business Ethics Index: Latin America pp. 209-218

John Tsalikis, Bruce Seaton and Phillip Shepherd

Putting Responsible Finance to Work for Citi Microfinance pp. 219-234

Tzu-Kuan Chiu

Negative Affect and Counterproductive Workplace Behavior: The Moderating Role of Moral Disengagement and Gender pp. 235-244

Al-Karim Samnani, Sabrina Salamon and Parbudyal Singh

From Resistance to Opportunity-Seeking: Strategic Responses to Institutional Pressures for Corporate Social Responsibility in the Nordic Fashion Industry pp. 245-264

Esben Pedersen and Wencke Gwozdz

The Effects of Performance Rating, Leader–Member Exchange, Perceived Utility, and Organizational Justice on Performance Appraisal Satisfaction: Applying a Moral Judgment Perspective pp. 265-273

Carrie Dusterhoff, J. Cunningham and James MacGregor

The Role of Ethics in the Commercialization of Indigenous Knowledge pp. 275-286

David Orozco and Latha Poonamallee

Volume 119, issue 1, 2014

Sustainable Bonuses: Sign of Corporate Responsibility or Window Dressing? pp. 1-15

Ans Kolk and Paolo Perego

The Value Relevance of Reputation for Sustainability Leadership pp. 17-28

Isabel Lourenço, Jeffrey Callen, Manuel Branco and José Curto

Modeling Ethical Business Culture: Development of the Ethical Business Culture Survey and Its Use to Validate the CEBC Model of Ethical Business Culture pp. 29-43

Douglas Jondle, Alexandre Ardichvili and James Mitchell

The Catch-22 of Responsible Luxury: Effects of Luxury Product Characteristics on Consumers’ Perception of Fit with Corporate Social Responsibility pp. 45-57

Catherine Janssen, Joëlle Vanhamme, Adam Lindgreen and Cécile Lefebvre

Revisiting Supplier Compliance with MNC Codes of Conduct: Recoupling Policy and Practice at Chinese Toy Suppliers pp. 59-75

Niklas Egels-Zandén

Embedding Corporate Social Responsibility in Corporate Governance: A Stakeholder Systems Approach pp. 77-86

Chris Mason and John Simmons

Business Ethics and the Development of Intellectual Capital pp. 87-98

Hwan-Yann Su

Please Accept My Sincerest Apologies: Examining Follower Reactions to Leader Apology pp. 99-117

Tessa Basford, Lynn Offermann and Tara Behrend

Towards Enforceable Bans on Illicit Businesses: From Moral Relativism to Human Rights pp. 119-130

Edmund Byrne

The Financial Impact of ISO 14001 Certification: Top-Line, Bottom-Line, or Both? pp. 131-149

Pieter Jong, Antony Paulraj and Constantin Blome

Volume 118, issue 4, 2013

Communicative Dynamics and the Polyphony of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Network Society pp. 683-694

Itziar Castelló, Mette Morsing and Friederike Schultz

On the Role of Social Media in the ‘Responsible’ Food Business: Blogger Buzz on Health and Obesity Issues pp. 695-707

Hsin-Hsuan Lee, Willemijn Dolen and Ans Kolk

A Web of Watchdogs: Stakeholder Media Networks and Agenda-Setting in Response to Corporate Initiatives pp. 709-729

Maria Besiou, Mark Hunter and Luk Wassenhove

The Impact of Interactive Corporate Social Responsibility Communication on Corporate Reputation pp. 731-746

David Eberle, Guido Berens and Ting Li

Tweetjacked: The Impact of Social Media on Corporate Greenwash pp. 747-757

Thomas Lyon and A. Montgomery

The Pursuit of Empowerment through Social Media: Structural Social Capital Dynamics in CSR-Blogging pp. 759-775

Christian Fieseler and Matthes Fleck

Corporations and Citizenship Arenas in the Age of Social Media pp. 777-790

Glen Whelan, Jeremy Moon and Bettina Grant

Social Media for Socially Responsible Firms: Analysis of Fortune 500’s Twitter Profiles and their CSR/CSIR Ratings pp. 791-806

Kiljae Lee, Won-Yong Oh and Namhyeok Kim

Capturing Online Presence: Hyperlinks and Semantic Networks in Activist Group Websites on Corporate Social Responsibility pp. 807-823

Frank de Bakker and Iina Hellsten

Volume 118, issue 3, 2013

Abstract Knowledge and Reified Financial Innovation: Building Wisdom and Ethics Into Financial Innovation Networks pp. 447-459

David Rooney, Tom Mandeville and Tim Kastelle

An Empirical Investigation on Firms’ Proactive and Passive Motivation for Bribery in China pp. 461-472

Xiaoyu Zhou, Yi Han and Rui Wang

How to Spot a Careerist Early On: Psychopathy and Exchange Ideology as Predictors of Careerism pp. 473-486

Dan Chiaburu, Gonzalo Muñoz and Richard Gardner

The Natural Link Between Virtue Ethics and Political Virtue: The Morality of the Market pp. 487-496

Javier Aranzadi

Management Responses to Social Activism in an Era of Corporate Responsibility: A Case Study pp. 497-513

Katinka Cranenburgh, Kellie Liket and Nigel Roome

If You Can’t See the Forest for the Trees, You Might Just Cut Down the Forest: The Perils of Forced Choice on “Seemingly” Unethical Decision-Making pp. 515-527

Michael Wood, Theodore Noseworthy and Scott Colwell

ESG in Focus: The Australian Evidence pp. 529-541

Jeremy Galbreath

The Costs of Organisational Injustice in the Hungarian Health Care System pp. 543-560

Márta Somogyvári

E Pluribus Unum? Legitimacy Issues and Multi-stakeholder Codes of Conduct pp. 561-576

Valentina Mele and Donald Schepers

Feeling Good by Doing Good: Employee CSR-Induced Attributions, Job Satisfaction, and the Role of Charismatic Leadership pp. 577-588

Pavlos Vlachos, Nikolaos Panagopoulos and Adam Rapp

Benchmarking Tendencies in Managerial Mindsets: Prioritizing Stockholders and Stakeholders in Peru, South Africa, and the United States pp. 589-605

John Parnell, Gregory Scott and Georgios Angelopoulos

Ethics and Expertise: A Social Networks Perspective pp. 607-621

Seung Lee

Standing by Your Organization: The Impact of Organizational Identification and Abusive Supervision on Followers’ Perceived Cohesion and Tendency to Gossip pp. 623-634

Stijn Decoster, Jeroen Camps, Jeroen Stouten, Lore Vandevyvere and Thomas Tripp

The Role of Ethics in 21st Century Organizations pp. 635-637

William Bishop

Dilemmas, Conspiracies, and Sophie’s Choice: Vignette Themes and Ethical Judgments pp. 639-653

Peter Mudrack and E. Mason

Towards a More ‘Ethically Correct’ Governance for Economic Sustainability pp. 655-665

Christos Pitelis

Fighting Software Piracy: Which Governance Tools Matter in Africa? pp. 667-682

Antonio Andres and Simplice Asongu

Volume 118, issue 2, 2013

Are Demographic Attributes and Firm Characteristics Drivers of Gender Diversity? Investigating Women’s Positions on French Boards of Directors pp. 227-249

Mehdi Nekhili and Hayette Gatfaoui

Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Productivity: Evidence from the Chemical Industry in the United States pp. 251-263

Li Sun and Marty Stuebs

Measuring CSR Image: Three Studies to Develop and to Validate a Reliable Measurement Tool pp. 265-286

Andrea Pérez and Ignacio Rodríguez del Bosque

The Benefit Corporation and Corporate Social Responsibility pp. 287-301

Janine Hiller

Critical Mass of Women on BODs, Multiple Identities, and Corporate Philanthropic Disaster Response: Evidence from Privately Owned Chinese Firms pp. 303-317

Ming Jia and Zhe Zhang

Does Religion Matter to Owner-Manager Agency Costs? Evidence from China pp. 319-347

Xingqiang Du

The Influence of Primary Study Characteristics on the Performance Differential Between Socially Responsible and Conventional Investment Funds: A Meta-Analysis pp. 349-363

Sebastian Rathner

Responsible Management, Incentive Systems, and Productivity pp. 365-377

Ivan Hilliard

Leadership Discourse, Culture, and Corporate Ethics: CEO-speak at News Corporation pp. 379-394

Joel Amernic and Russell Craig

Corporate Social Responsibility and Its Impact on Firms’ Investment Policy, Organizational Structure, and Performance pp. 395-412

Otgontsetseg Erhemjamts, Qian Li and Anand Venkateswaran

The Relevance of Stakeholder Theory and Social Capital Theory in the Context of CSR in SMEs: An Australian Perspective pp. 413-427

Suman Sen and James Cowley

Managing the Risks of Corporate Political Donations: A Utilitarian Perspective pp. 429-445

Shane Leong, James Hazelton and Cynthia Townley

Volume 118, issue 1, 2013

Does the Ethical Leadership of Supervisors Generate Internal Social Capital? pp. 1-12

David Pastoriza and Miguel Ariño

W(h)ither Ecology? The Triple Bottom Line, the Global Reporting Initiative, and Corporate Sustainability Reporting pp. 13-29

Markus Milne and Rob Gray

Understanding Pay Satisfaction: Effects of Supervisor Ethical Leadership on Job Motivating Potential Influence pp. 31-43

Pablo Ruiz-Palomino, Francisco Sáez-Martínez and Ricardo Martínez-Cañas

Harmonizing IPRs on Software Piracy: Empirics of Trajectories in Africa pp. 45-60

Simplice Asongu

Gender Diversity in the Boardroom and Firm Performance: What Exactly Constitutes a “Critical Mass?” pp. 61-72

Jasmin Joecks, Kerstin Pull and Karin Vetter

Identity, Moral, and Equity Perspectives on the Relationship Between Experienced Injustice and Time Theft pp. 73-83

Yan Liu and Christopher Berry

Will Women Lead the Way? Differences in Demand for Corporate Social Responsibility Information for Investment Decisions pp. 85-102

Leda Nath, Lori Holder-Webb and Jeffrey Cohen

How do Universities Make Progress? Stakeholder-Related Mechanisms Affecting Adoption of Sustainability in University Curricula pp. 103-116

Deborah de Lange

Ownership Concentration and CSR Policy of European Multinational Enterprises pp. 117-126

Lammertjan Dam and Bert Scholtens

Service-Learning and Leadership: Evidence from Teaching Financial Literacy pp. 127-137

Omid Sabbaghi, Gerald Cavanagh S. J. and Tim Hipskind S. J.

Legitimacy-Seeking Organizational Strategies in Controversial Industries: A Case Study Analysis and a Bidimensional Model pp. 139-153

Jon Reast, François Maon, Adam Lindgreen and Joëlle Vanhamme

The Effects of CEO Trustworthiness on Directors’ Monitoring and Resource Provision pp. 155-169

Esther Del Brio, Toru Yoshikawa, Catherine Connelly and Wee Tan

How Do Board Size and Occupational Background of Directors Influence Social Performance in For-profit and Non-profit Organizations? Evidence from California Hospitals pp. 171-187

Ge Bai

Protest Campaigns and Corporations: Cooperative Conflicts? pp. 189-202

Veronika Kneip

Reciprocity in Corporate Social Responsibility and Channel Performance: Do Birds of a Feather Flock Together? pp. 203-213

Xueming Luo and Qinqin Zheng

Outing the Silent Partner: Espousing the Economic Values that Operate in Not-For-Profit Organizations pp. 215-225

Sarah Kaine and Jenny Green