Business Ethics

Aims & Scope

-To offer rigorous and informed analysis of ethical issues and perspectives relevant to organizations and their relationships with society -To promote scholarly research and advance knowledge in relation to business ethics and corporate social responsibility and social entrepreneurship by providing cutting edge theoretical and empirical analysis of salient issues and developments -To be responsive to changing concerns and emerging issues in the business ethics and business and society sphere, and to seek to reflect these in the balance of contributions -To be the publication outlet of choice for all types of original research relating to business ethics and business-society relationships.

Original articles are welcomed.

Each issue will normally contain several major articles, and there will be an occasional FOCUS section which will contain articles on an issue of particular importance and topicality.

Other regular features will include editorial interviews, book reviews, comments and responses to published articles, research notes and case studies.

Business Ethics: A European Review is well established as an academic research journal which is at the same time readable, user-friendly and authoritative.

It publishes both fully refereed scholarly papers and special contributions such as speeches and reviews.

The range of contributions reflects the variety and scope of ethical issues faced by business and other organisations world-wide, and at the same time seeks to address the interests and concerns of the journals readership.

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Business, Management and Accounting and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Corporate social responsibility communication: stakeholder information, response and involvement strategies

  Citation: 1078

  Authors: Mette, Majken

• Corporate social responsibility and employee commitment

  Citation: 524

  Authors: Jane, Rafael

• The impact of corporate social responsibility on consumer trust: the case of organic food

  Citation: 470

  Authors: Sergio, Nicola, Antonio

• Corporate social responsibility: review and roadmap of theoretical perspectives

  Citation: 408

  Authors: Jędrzej George, Camila

• Financial performance of socially responsible investing (<scp>SRI</scp>): what have we learned? A meta‐analysis

  Citation: 386

  Authors: Christophe, Jean‐Laurent

• Firm size, organizational visibility and corporate philanthropy: an empirical analysis

  Citation: 372

  Authors: Stephen, Andrew

• A ‘business opportunity’ model of corporate social responsibility for small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises

  Citation: 353

  Authors: Heledd

• Does size matter? The state of the art in small business ethics

  Citation: 305

  Authors: Laura J.

• Thirty years of social accounting, reporting and auditing: what (if anything) have we learnt?

  Citation: 280

  Authors: Rob

• Exploring human resource management roles in corporate social responsibility: the <scp>CSR</scp>‐<scp>HRM</scp> co‐creation model

  Citation: 245

  Authors: Dima R., Ali M., Ian A.