Collections and calls for papers

Call for Papers - Business and Environmental Justice: a Political Economy Perspective

Guest Editors Gabriel Weber, ESSCA, School of Management, Bordeaux Gabriel Weber Bobby Banerjee, City, University of London Bobby Banerjee Joan Martínez-Alier, Autonomous University of Barcelona Joan Martíne...

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Call for Papers - Business, Ethics and Collective Memory

Guest Editors Ziyun Fan, University of York, Ziyun Fan Jeremy Aroles, University of York, Jeremy Aroles Gabrielle Durepos, Mount Saint Vincent University, Gabrielle Durepos María Fernández Moya, CUNEF Univer...

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01 July 2025 - 01 September 2025

Call for Papers - Disaggregating Corporate Politics through Political Work: Implications for Business Ethics

Guest Editors Onna Malou van den Broek, University of Exeter, UK & CBS, Denmark, Onna Malou van den Broek Laura Olkkonen, LUT University, Finland, Laura Olkkonen Tazeeb Rajwani, University of Surrey, UK, Taz...

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01 January 2025 - 01 March 2025

Call for Papers - Fostering Dialogue Among Moral Traditions in Business Ethics: Perspectives on Theory, Research, and Practice

Guest Editors Mai Chi Vu, Monash University, Mai Chi Vu, Matthew Sinnicks, University of Southampton, Matthew Sinnicks Nicholas Burton, Northumbria University, Nicholas Burton Caleb Bernacchio, Loyola Univer...

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01 December 2024 - 01 February 2025

Call for Papers - Polycrisis & Precarity: Understanding the Lived Experience of Workers

Guest Editors Helet Botha, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Helet Botha Wim Vandekerckhove, EDHEC Business School, R. Edward Freeman R. Edward Freeman, University of Virginia, Wim Vandekerckhove Christopher ...

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01 March 2025 - 01 May 2025

Call for Papers - Sufficiency: An Ethic for Ecologically Constrained Organizations

Guest Editors Pasi Heikkurinen, LUT Business School, Pasi Heikkurinen David Skrbina, University of Helsinki, David Skrbina Nancy Bocken, Maastricht University, Nancy Bocken Maike Gossen, Technical University...

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01 December 2024 - 01 February 2025

Call for Papers – Leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Empower Vulnerable and Minority Employees: Navigating Ethical Challenges and Opportunities

Guest Editors Yucheng Zhang, Southampton Business School, University of Southampton, Yucheng Zhang Ying Lu, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University, Ying Lu Alexander Newman, Melbourne Business Schoo...

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01 July 2025 - 01 September 2025

Call for Papers – Responsible and Irresponsible Business in Times of Conflict: The Role of Firms, Entrepreneurs and Philanthropy

Guest Editors Steven A. Brieger, University of Sussex, Steven A. Brieger Tom Buckley, University of Sussex, Tom Buckley Özgü Karakulak, University of Sussex, Özgü Karakulak John E. Katsos, American Universit...

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Journal of Business Ethics 40th Anniversary Issue

1982-2022: Shaping Debates in Business, Ethics and Society for 40 Years To commemorate 40 years since the founding of the Journal of Business Ethics in 1982, the editors-in-chief of the journal have invited ...

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List of Editorials – From the Editors-in-Chief

Welcome to the curated collection of editorials from the Journal of Business Ethics. Since 1980, the Journal of Business Ethics has championed diverse perspectives and published original articles that contri...

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Practice-based Papers Collection

This is a selection of practice-based paper published in the Journal of Business Ethics over the last few years. These papers were handled by the Practice in Business Ethics section of the journal which publ...

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R. Edward Freeman Journal of Business Ethics Philosophy in Practice Best Paper Award

This award honors Professor R. Edward Freeman’s objective of developing the depth and range of philosophy published in business ethics. It is given annually to the best paper invoking a philosophical approac...

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Special Issue - Business Ethics in the Era of AI

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become one of the most popular topics across various academic disciplines, industry sectors, higher education, and business functions and widely influences society at large, ...

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Special Issue - Dissensus! Radical Democracy and Business Ethics

In an era of prolonged financial crisis, political instability and worldwide injustice, the economic and ethical legitimacy of corporate power requires continued challenge. Whether it be tax evasion, law bre...

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Special Issue - Ethical Consumerism in Emerging Markets: Opportunities and Challenges

Emerging markets are taking on an increasing responsibility for global sustainability issues, as these markets grow significantly and gain economic importance. With this, ethical consumerism is receiving gre...

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Special Issue - Ethics and the Future of Meaningful Work

The questions of whether, when, and which work is viewed and experienced as meaningful prompt debates concerning business ethics, meaningful work, and the future of work – topics which researchers pursued la...

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Special Issue - Impact Investing - Critical Examinations of Motivations, Processes and Results

Impact investing provides financial and non-financial resources to enterprises and investment funds with the goal to generate measurable social and/or environmental impact alongside a financial return. This ...

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Special Issue - Multi-Stakeholder Engagement for the Sustainable Development Goals

There is a critical call to review of the purpose of businesses to meet Agenda 2030 and the 17 sustainable development goals. The role of cross-sector partnerships and multi stakeholder engagement to serve t...

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Special Issue - Putting Partnerships in their Place: Moral and Material Processes of Place-based Respect, Repair, and Renewal

Corporate Social Partnerships (CSPs) and place are intrinsically reciprocal as CSPs' dynamics are shaped by the places where they are formed; these settings in turn are shaped by their CSPs. The morality and...

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Special Issue - Racial Justice and Business Ethics

In this era of heightened tension about race relations in North America, the authors here critique systemic inequities and point toward constructive solutions. This special issue includes articles that addre...

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Special Issue - The Business of (Im)Migration: Bodies Across Borders

This Special Issue seeks to interrogate extant understandings of (im)migration as a business by raising important questions about the conditions of marginalization, exploitation, and vulnerability of (im)mig...

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Special Issue on Advancing African Business Ethics Research, Practice, and Teaching

Africa provides a rich context to explore ethical issues in business and society. From leadership ethics and philosophy to anti-corruption and governance, philanthropy and social entrepreneurship, and corpor...

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Special Issue on Challenges and Insights from South Asia for Imagining Ethical Organizations

Current understanding of South Asian realities is skewed and based primarily on the limited perspectives of those privileged on account of caste, class, gender, language, nationality, region, religion, or la...

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Special Issue on Co-evolution of Strategy, Innovation and Ethics: The China Story and Beyond

A co-evolutionary perspective sheds light on how business ethics practices change over time. This special issue’s seven empirical studies collectively showcase changes in business ethics practices in China a...

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Special Issue on Intimate Partner Violence and Business

The link between intimate partner violence (IPV) and business responsibility is under-investigated and under-theorized. This special issue brings ethical inquiry into how IPV impacts and is impacted by busin...

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Special Issue on Strengthening our cities: Exploring the intersection of ethics, diversity and inclusion, and social innovation in revitalizing urban environments

This special issue addresses the ethical implications of revitalizing urban environments, and the roles that diversity and inclusion, as well as social innovation, play in this process. Currently more than h...

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Special Issue on Temporality and Ethics -Timeliness of Ethical Perspectives on Temporality in Times of Crisis

Critically, this special issue explores the specific connection between Time and Ethics and offers a revised ethical sense of temporality in business and in organization and management studies, in our contem...

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Special Issue on The Ethics of the Commons

Multiple critical issues like climate change, resource depletion, and social inequalities affect our global commons. This Special Issue comprehensively introduces the ethics of commons by outlining key conce...

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Thematic Symposium on Corporate Greenhouse Gas Emissions’ Reporting, Accountability and Integrity

Corporate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions’ data is essential for climate change mitigation and adaptation through identifying the main sources of climatic changes; investigating causal mechanisms; and monitor...

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Thematic Symposium on The New Sociology of Morality

Scholars in sociology have started to actively reengage with questions on morality and moral phenomena in recent years. Known as the new sociology of morality, this wave of research is a lively research prog...

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Virtual Discussion Forum - Apple: Good Business, Poor Citizen?

This virtual discussion forum of the Journal of Business Ethics reflects the journal's commitment to theory and practice going together in business ethics. This exchange between Amitai Etzioni at George Wash...

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Virtual Discussion Forum - Quantitative Research and Ethics

In 2017 Zyphur and Pierides published a paper in JBE arguing that we needed a stronger link between quantitative and ethical analysis. Three scholars, Cortina (2019), Edwards (2019), and Powell (2019) publis...

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Virtual Discussion Forum - Trust in the New Economy

We are pleased to introduce this Virtual Discussion Forum on an important topic: Trust in the New Economy. As more businesses are based on virtual platforms, Amatai Etzioni suggests that trust becomes even m...

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Virtual Special Issue on Corporate Governance and Ethics: What’s Next?

Corporate governance (CG) is a key area of management with important implications for business ethics. The interface of CG and business ethics is populated with rich intellectual debates on the role of ethic...

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Virtual Special Issue on Humanities and Business Ethics

This collection of articles on Humanities and Business Ethics is the second virtual special issue of the Journal of Business Ethics. It is a curated selection of previously published papers aimed at inspirin...

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Virtual Special Issue on Leadership: Philosophical Perspectives and Qualitative Analysis of Ethics—Looking Back, Looking Forward, Looking Around

This virtual special issue of the Journal of Business Ethics explores the topic, and the related section at the journal, of Leadership: Philosophical Perspectives and Qualitative Analysis of Ethics. It intro...

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Virtual Special Issue on Psychology and Business Ethics

This virtual special issue of Journal of Business Ethics explores the importance of psychological process in understanding business ethics across levels of analysis. The goal of the virtual special issue is ...

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Virtual Special Issue on Sociology and Business Ethics

This virtual special issue of the Journal of Business Ethics (JBE) is dedicated to the role that social theory and sociological research can play in understanding business ethics in the contemporary world. A...

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