Journal of Business Ethics

The Journal of Business Ethics is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by Springer. The Journal of Business Ethics is one of the journals used by the Financial Times for in compiling the Business Schools research rank.[1]

Journal of Business Ethics
DisciplineBusiness ethics
LanguageEnglish
Edited byMichelle Greenwood, Gazi Islam
Publication details
History1982–present
Publisher
Frequency28 issues/year
5.9 (2023)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4J. Bus. Ethics
Indexing
ISSN0167-4544 (print)
1573-0697 (web)
JSTOR01674544
Links

The Journal of Business Ethics was founded by Alex C. Michalos (Institute for Social Research and Evaluation, University of Northern British Columbia) and Deborah C. Poff (Department of Philosophy, Carleton University) and originally published by D. Reidel. Professors Michalos and Poff served as the journal's Editors in Chief from its inception in 1982 to 2016. They were succeeded by R. Edward Freeman (Darden Business School, University of Virginia) and Michelle Greenwood (Department, of Management, Monash University) in 2016. Professor Freeman retired from the Journal in 2021 and was succeeded by Gazi Islam (Grenoble Ecole de Management).  Consequently, the current Editors in Chief are Michelle Greenwood and Gazi Islam. D. Reidel became part of Springer in 2004.

Aims and Scope

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The Journal of Business Ethics aims[2] to improve the human condition by providing a public forum for discussion and debate about ethical issues related to business. The journal's emphasis is on the "ethics" of business ethics, with the goal of promoting dialogue between diverse publics, both academic and civil society.

The editors encourage a broad scope, and the JBE publishes original articles from a wide variety of methodological and disciplinary perspectives concerning ethical issues related to business that bring something new or unique to the discourse in their field.  The term 'business' is understood in a wide sense to include all systems involved in the exchange of goods and services, while 'ethics' concerns human action aimed at promoting a good life. Systems of production, consumption, marketing, advertising, social and economic accounting, labour relations, public relations and organisational behaviour are analysed from a moral viewpoint. Speculative philosophy as well as reports of empirical research are welcomed. The style and level of dialogue involve all who are interested in business ethics – civil society,  business actors, universities, government agencies and consumer groups.

Sections

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To accommodate this wide scope, the journal has within it the following 33 sections:

  • Accounting and Business Ethics
  • Arts, Humanities, and Business Ethics
  • Behavioural Business Ethics
  • Book (and More) Reviews
  • Business Ethics Learning and Education
  • Consumer Ethics
  • Corporate Governance and Business Ethics
  • Corporate Responsibility: Theoretical/Qualitative Issues
  • Corporate Responsibility: Quantitative Issues
  • Corporate Sustainability and Business Ethics
  • Critical Studies and Business Ethics
  • Cross-cultural Management and Business Ethics
  • Economics and Business Ethics
  • Environment and Business Ethics
  • Feminisms and Business Ethics
  • Finance and Business Ethics
  • Global Issues and Business Ethics
  • Human Resource Management and Development and Business Ethics
  • Labour Relations and Business Ethics
  • Law, Public Policy, and Business Ethics
  • Leadership and Ethics: Philosophical Perspectives and Qualitative Analysis
  • Leadership and Ethics: Quantitative Analysis
  • Marketing Ethics
  • Organisational Behaviour and Business Ethics
  • Philosophy and Business Ethics
  • Philosophy and Business Ethics
  • Psychology and Business Ethics
  • Religion, Spirituality and Business Ethics
  • Small Business, Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics
  • Social Entrepreneurship and Ethics
  • Sociology and Business Ethics
  • Strategy and Business Ethics
  • Technology and Business Ethics

Descriptions and the names of the editors of each of these sections can be found on the Journal's website.

Number of Volumes and Issues

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The Journal Business Ethics publishes seven volumes per year with each volume made up of four issues, i.e., 28 issues per year. The journal also publishes four Special Issues per year. The full list of issues can be found at on the JBE's website.

Abstracted and Indexed in

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ABS Academic Journal Quality Guide

ANVUR

Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) Journal Quality List

BFI List

Baidu

CLOCKSS

CNKI

CNPIEC

Current Contents / Social & Behavioral Sciences

Dimensions

EBSCO Book Review Digest Plus

EBSCO Business Abstracts with Full Text

EBSCO Business Source

EBSCO Discovery Service

EBSCO Education

EBSCO Education Source

EBSCO Health Business

EBSCO Management Collection

EBSCO Nonprofit Organization Reference Center

EBSCO OmniFile

ECONIS

ERIH PLUS

EconLit

Google Scholar

JSTOR

Journal Citation Reports/Social Sciences Edition

Naver

Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series

OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service

PhilPapers

Portico

ProQuest ABI/INFORM

ProQuest Art, Design and Architecture Collection

ProQuest Arts & Humanities Database

ProQuest Arts Premium Collection

ProQuest-ExLibris Primo

ProQuest-ExLibris Summon

PsycINFO

Research Papers in Economics (RePEc)

SCImago

SCOPUS

Social Science Citation Index

TD Net Discovery Service

UGC-CARE List (India)

Wanfang

Impact Factor and Ranking

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The Journal of Business Ethics has an impact factor of 5.9 and a five-year impact factor of 8.0 (2022).[3]

In 2022, the Journal is ranked 3rd out of 57 journals in the category of "Ethics" and 52nd out of 154 journals in the category of "Business" by the Clarivates Journal Citation Reports® Ranking by Category.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ormans, Laurent (2016-09-12). "50 Journals used in FT Research Rank". Financial Times. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  2. ^ "Aims and scope | Journal of Business Ethics". SpringerLink. Archived from the original on Sep 29, 2023.
  3. ^ "Journal of Business Ethics". SpringerLink. Archived from the original on Nov 14, 2023.
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