RT Article
T1 The Status of Contemporary Business Ethics Research: Present and Future
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 90
IS 3
SP 255
OP 265
A1 Ma, Zhenzhong
LA English
YR 2009
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785636731
AB This study provides a general overview of contemporary business ethics research of the last 10 years (1997–2006) and discusses potential future research directions in business ethics based on the overview. Using citation and co-citation analysis, this study examined the citation data of journal articles, books, and other publications collected in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), wherein key research themes in business ethics studies in 1997–2006 and correlations between these themes were explored. The results show that major research themes in business ethics have shifted in the last decade from research on ethical decision making and on the relationship between corporate social responsibility and corporate performance to research on stakeholder theory in business ethics and on the relationship between consumer behavior and corporate social responsibility. The results of this study help map the invisible network of knowledge production in business ethics research and provide important insights on future business ethics research.
K1 knowledge network
K1 Ethical decision making
K1 Corporate Social Responsibility
K1 citation analysis
K1 Business Ethics
DO 10.1007/s10551-010-0420-6