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Organizational Ethics Research: A Systematic Review of Methods and Analytical Techniques

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Ethics are of interest to business scholars because they influence decisions, behaviors, and outcomes. While scholars have increasingly shown interest in business ethics as a research topic, there are a mounting number of studies that examine ethical issues at the organizational level of analysis. This manuscript reports the results of a systematic review of empirical research on organizational ethics published in a broad sample of business journals over a 33-year period (1980–2012). A total of 184 articles are analyzed to reveal gaps in the literature and, subsequently, lead to suggestions for future research; this is done in an effort to stimulate and perpetuate high quality research that more broadly impacts business scholars and practitioners.

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  1. We wish to thank the anonymous reviewers for suggestions regarding these additional analyses.

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McLeod, M.S., Payne, G.T. & Evert, R.E. Organizational Ethics Research: A Systematic Review of Methods and Analytical Techniques. J Bus Ethics 134, 429–443 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2436-9

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