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Ethical Research in Business Ethics

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  • Gazi Islam

    (Grenoble Ecole de Management and IREGE)

  • Michelle Greenwood

    (Monash University)

Abstract

In this editorial essay, we argue that business ethics research should be aware of the ethical implications of its own methodological choices, and that these implications include, but go beyond, mere compliance with standardized ethical norms. Methodological choices should be made specifically with reference to their effects on the world, both within and outside the academy. Awareness of these effects takes researchers beyond assuring ethics in their methods to more fully consider the ethics of their methods as knowledge practices that have broader institutional consequences. Drawing from examples in published research, we examine five ways in which authors can formulate their methodological approaches with purpose, care and reflexivity.

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  • Gazi Islam & Michelle Greenwood, 2023. "Ethical Research in Business Ethics," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 182(1), pages 1-5, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jbuset:v:182:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1007_s10551-022-05301-z
    DOI: 10.1007/s10551-022-05301-z
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