scholarly journals Changes in the Intellectual Structure of Business Ethics: A Review of The Journal of Business Ethics, 2000-2020

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Mehmet Bağış ◽  
Kadir Ardıç
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Intellectual Structure ◽  
Journal Of Business Ethics

Starbucks and HMSHost: addressing discrimination across organizational boundaries

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly R. Hall ◽  
Juanne Greene ◽  
Ram Subramanian ◽  
Emily Tichenor
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Business Ethics ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Labor Union ◽  
Secondary Source ◽  
Organizational Boundaries ◽  
Conceptual Tool ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Journal Of Business Ethics

Theoretical basis 1. Maria Jarlstrom, Essi Saru, and Sinikka Vanhala, “Sustainable Human Resource Management With Salience of Stakeholders: A Top Management Perspective,” Journal of Business Ethics, 152, (2008): 703–724. 2. Benjamin A. Neville, Simon J. Bell, and Gregory J., “Stakeholder Salience Revisited: Refining, Redefining, and Refueling an Underdeveloped Conceptual Tool,” Journal of Business Ethics, 102, (2011): 357–378. 3. Mick Marchington, Fang Lee Cooke, and Gail Hebson. “Human Resource Management Across Organizational Boundaries,” Sage Handbook of Human Resource Management, (2009): 460–477. Research methodology This secondary source case is based mainly on three documents: the 20-page report by a labor union, Unite Here, titled “One Job Should Be Enough: Inequality at Starbucks”; and two reports by former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. and Covington & Burlington, LLP. Case overview/synopsis In February 2020, Unite Here, a labor union, released a damming report about employment practices at the airport Starbucks stores operated by licensee, HMSHost. Among other charges, the report identified several instances of racial and gender discrimination that HMSHost dismissed as a ploy by a union intent on organizing its employees. The adverse publicity, however, put Starbucks Corporation in the spotlight because of the company’s publicly stated commitment to workplace equality. The recently hired Nzinga Shaw, the company’s first-ever Global Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer, had to address the issue at HMSHost lest it adversely affect Starbucks’ reputation as a progressive employer. Complexity academic level The case is best suited for a graduate or undergraduate course in human resource management or labor relations. As diversity is typically covered in the first third of such courses, the ideal placement of this case would be in the early part of the course. As Starbucks is a well-known name, and it is very likely that students have had their own experience with Starbucks, as either a customer or an employee, the case is likely to draw their interest. Supplementary materials Teaching Notes are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email [email protected] to request teaching notes.

THE INFLUENCE OF THE GREEN INNOVATION IN THE SEARCH OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF ENTERPRISES OF THE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC BRAZILIAN SECTORS

2016 ◽  
Vol 20 (01) ◽  
pp. 1650004 ◽  
Author(s):  
DANIEL LUIS ARENHARDT ◽  
LUCIANA FLORES BATTISTELLA ◽  
MARCIA ZAMPIERI GROHMANN
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Electronics Industry ◽  
Moderate Level ◽  
Green Innovation ◽  
Green Practices ◽  
Journal Of Business Ethics ◽  
The Relationship

This study aimed to verify how the adoption of green innovations influences in the obtention of competitive advantage of companies in the electrical and electronic Brazilian sectors. Quantitative in nature, the study adopted the conceptual model proposed by [Chen et al. (2006). The influence of green innovation performance on corporate advantage in Taiwan. Journal of Business Ethics, 67(4), 331–339]. Using as target population companies linked to the Brazilian Association of Electrical and Electronics Industry (ABINEE), the sample consisted of 113 organisations representing 20.62% of this population. The results showed that the level of adoption of innovative green practices among the participating companies is high and that the relationship between products innovation and green processes and the achievement of competitive advantage is significant, but at a moderate level.

Intellectual structure of research in business ethics

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huilin Xiao ◽  
Yanling Wang ◽  
Weifeng Li ◽  
Zhenzhong Ma
Keyword(s):  
Business Ethics ◽  
Citation Analysis ◽  
Stakeholder Management ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Intellectual Structure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Themes ◽  
Political Csr ◽  
Ethics Research ◽  
Time Periods

Purpose The study aims to map the intellectual structure of business ethics studies by analyzing 17,246 citations of 225 papers published in Business Ethics Quarterly (BEQ) in the year between 2005 and 2014. Specifically, the purpose of the study is to describe the current state of BEQ, identify the most influential journals and works, identify the key themes of business ethics studies during 2005-2014 and, at the same time, report the changes in themes by making a comparison between two time periods – 2005-2009 and 2010-2014. Design/methodology/approach First, the study presents the information of the authors, institutions and countries that contribute to BEQ with a statistical analysis. Second, the study identifies the most cited journals and works in BEQ during 2005-2014 with a citation analysis. Third, the study identifies the key research themes in business ethics studies with a co-citation analysis. With the help of factor and social network analysis (NA), the study groups the research themes and maps their links. Findings First, the statistical results show that many well-known researchers from famous US institutions publishing in BEQ. Second, the citation analysis results show that quite a few journals become mature gradually in business ethics domain. Besides, most of the influential works are normative and theoretical. Third, the co-citation results indicate that “stakeholder management” and “corporate social responsibility” (CSR) are two main themes in business ethics studies in the past decade. Specifically, “stakeholder management” attracts the most research interests in both two sub-time periods. In addition, compared with the pure studies on CSR during 2005-2009, increasing researchers are keen on the theme of “political CSR under globalization” in the second five years. Meanwhile, other focus like “society, state and business ethics” earns a certain degree of attention in the time window 2005-2009. And “accountability in MNCs” and “political philosophy” are the new concerns in the year between 2010 and 2014. Originality/value The study confirms BEQ’s leadership role in business ethics domain. And, it further proves that business ethics has evolved as an independent discipline. It also helps the researchers to have a concise knowledge of the main contents and key points of business ethics research. Methodologically, co-citation analysis combined with factor and NA provides clear results and visualized figures which can be understood easily by the researchers and practitioners.

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