Abstract
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.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 429-443 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Journal of Business Ethics |
Volume | 134 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Mar 1 2016 |
Keywords
- Analytics
- Empirical
- Ethics
- Firm
- Methods
- Organization
- Statistics
- Virtues