Preethi Misha, Society for Business Ethics member and Emerging Scholar and Founders’ award recipient (2018) successfully defended her PhD on November 20, 2020 at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University. Dr. Misha’s PhD explored how unethical leadership trickles down from the top to the lower levels of the hierarchy. The dissertation consisted of two studies. The first […]
Congratulations to our newest member of the board of directors, Tae Wan Kim, associate professor at Carnegie-Mellon University. Tae Wan joined the Society in 2007, during his PhD program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. He was one of our Emerging Scholars in 2010, and has presented his work at our annual meetings every year […]
“ROTTEN: Why Corporate Misconduct Continues and What to Do About It” by Marc J. Epstein and Kirk O. Hanson Published January 2021 Marc J. Epstein and Kirk O. Hanson, Rotten: Why Corporate Misconduct Continues and What to Do About It, Lanark Press, Los Altos, CA, 2021. Rotten is an “insiders’ account” of failed efforts […]
Springer Nature and the Editors-in-Chief of the journal are delighted to announce that Gazi Islam has been appointed as Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Business Ethics effective 1 January 2021. He replaces Ed Freeman who is stepping down at the end of 2020 after a five-year tenure and joins incumbent Co-editor-in-Chief Michelle Greenwood. Gazi is Professor […]
SOCIETY FOR BUSINESS ETHICS BEST DISSERTATION AWARD Submissions due May 1, 2021 The Society for Business Ethics (SBE; www.sbeonline.org/) is soliciting abstracts for dissertations completed between May 1, 2020, and April 30, 2021, to be considered for SBE’s Best Dissertation Award 2021. While dissertations must focus on business ethics, work from any academic discipline is welcome. The purpose of the award is to recognize the dissertation that, in the […]
Business Ethics in the 6ix is an annual event in Toronto where new research in business ethics is discussed. The fifth edition of BE6 will take place May 17-18, 2021 online on Zoom. Accepted papers will be circulated to registered participants prior to the event. Sessions will start with a very short opportunity for the […]
Prof. Dr. Andreas Georg Scherer Named Doctor honoris causa (Dr. h.c.) of the University of Hamburg (Germany) Prof. Dr. Andreas Georg Scherer, Chair of Foundations of Business Administration and Theories of the Firm of the University of Zurich (Switzerland), has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences of […]
Dear Colleagues, I write to solicit applications for the 17th Annual Global Business Ethics Teaching Workshop, hosted by the Hoffman Center for Business Ethics at Bentley University, and sponsored by the State Street Foundation. Please spread the word! This three-day Workshop, to be held virtually from May 24 – 26, 2021, is designed to provide […]
The Society for Business Ethics is seeking a Managing Editor for Business Ethics Quarterly. Download the full announcement here > The Managing Editor (MED) plays a crucial role in Business Ethics Quarterly’s (BEQ’s) ongoing publication, by helping to ensure the quality and timeliness of BEQ’s editorial systems and functions. The MED is expected to develop […]
Georgetown University Practitioner Fellow, Dr. Dawn Carpenter, Launches Business Ethics Podcast Stay tuned: January 20, 2021 marks the launch of Season 2 of the What Does It Profit Podcast. This 30-minute business ethics podcast explores the moral and social value of business. Season One featured the Father of Sustainability and Dean of CSR, John Elkington, […]
