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Business Ethics Quarterly

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Business ethics journal; Journal on business ethics; Journal on social responsibility of business

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This is a brief description of the official journal of the Society for Business Ethics.

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The first issue of the Business Ethics Quarterly (beq) appeared in January 1991, 134 pages of 464 for the full volume. Its basic aim and scope was described by its Editor in Chief Patricia H. Werhane as attracting and publishing “papers on any aspect of the relationship between business and ethics from every disciplinary point of view,” including papers “on methodology and pedagogy” and “discussion pieces in response to any of the articles published in previous issues” (Werhane 1991).

The idea for the journal occurred to “a number of thoughtful members of the Society for Business Ethics including the past and present Executive Committee: William Frederick, Michael Hoffman, Jennifer Moore, and Lisa Newton. The financial and moral support of the members of the...

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  • Michalos AC, Poff DC (eds) (2013) Citation classics from the journal of business ethics. Springer, Dordrecht

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  • Werhane PH (1991) A word from the editor. Bus Ethics Q 1(1):2

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Michalos, A.C. (2017). Business Ethics Quarterly. In: Poff, D., Michalos, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23514-1_294-1

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