RT Article
T1 The Worldwide Academic Field of Business Ethics: Scholars’ Perceptions of the Most Important Issues
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 117
IS 4
SP 777
OP 788
A1 Holland, Daniel
A1 Albrecht, Chad
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V
YR 2013
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/178564923X
AB We conducted an international survey of 211 scholars with expertise in business ethics. Each respondent was asked to identify the three most important issues that business ethics academia will face in the coming decade. Using content analytic procedures, responses were categorized and analyzed for commonalities. The results suggest that the most important issues facing business ethics academia in the future will be the following: (1) issues relating to business ethics education such as curriculum, pedagogy, faculty, and accreditation (2) the credibility of the business ethics field, (3) environmental issues, (4) issues relating to business ethics research such as research tools and quality of business ethics research (5) the decline of ethical behavior in society and organizations, (6) corporate social responsibility (CSR), (7) globalization, and (8) the institutionalization of ethics into business. We maintain that these issues have important teaching and research implications for the future sustainability of the business ethics discipline.
K1 Development of the field
K1 Business ethics discipline
K1 Business ethics academic community
K1 Sustainability
DO 10.1007/s10551-013-1718-y