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Make business ethics a cumulative science

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  • Jonathan Haidt

    (Jonathan Haidt is at the Stern School of Business, New York University, 44 West Fourth Street, New York, New York 10012, USA.)

  • Linda Trevino

    (Linda Trevino is at the Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University, 402 Business Building, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.)

Abstract

Business ethics research is not currently a cumulative science, but it must become one. The benefits to humanity from research that helps firms improve their ethics could be enormous, especially if that research also shows that strong ethics improves the effectiveness of companies.

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  • Jonathan Haidt & Linda Trevino, 2017. "Make business ethics a cumulative science," Nature Human Behaviour, Nature, vol. 1(2), pages 1-2, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nathum:v:1:y:2017:i:2:d:10.1038_s41562-016-0027
    DOI: 10.1038/s41562-016-0027
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    1. Muel Kaptein, 2023. "A Paradox of Ethics: Why People in Good Organizations do Bad Things," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 184(1), pages 297-316, April.
    2. Jeroen Maesschalck, 2022. "Making Behavioral Ethics Research More Useful for Ethics Management Practice: Embracing Complexity Using a Design Science Approach," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 181(4), pages 933-944, December.

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