Business Ethics the Environment & Responsibility最新文献

{"title":"Can organizations get away with greenwashing? CSR attributions and counterproductive sustainability behaviors","authors":"Ifzal Ahmad,&nbsp;Dima Rachid Jamali,&nbsp;Muhammad Nisar Khattak","doi":"10.1111/beer.12603","DOIUrl":"10.1111/beer.12603","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Over the past couple of decades, research on the perks of corporate social responsibility has reported that it is a source of competitive advantage and can increase the bottom-line performance of the organization. However, a somewhat small proportion of this research is focused on the ‘greenwash’ side, which posits that not all CSR would lead to positive impacts. By extending this line of research, the current study is aimed at investigating the differential impacts of CSR by developing a scale for the three-dimensional model of CSR attributions coined by Ahmad in 2017, that is, Embedded, P-Social, and P-Instrumental CSR, and testing the same with counterproductive sustainability behaviors. The attribution theory was used to explain the relationship between the study variables. Data (<i>N</i> = 311) were collected from the tourism and hospitality sectors. It was found that Embedded and P-Social CSR practices would be attributed to more genuine CSR and would lead to a reduction in counterproductive sustainability behaviors. Furthermore, the P-Instrumental CSR would be attributed to more selfish and instrumental practices and hence would be considered as greenwashing, which will consequently lead to enhancing counterproductive sustainability behaviors. The study further tested the mediating role of employees' organizational trust, which was also supported by the results. Several theoretical and practical implications are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":29886,"journal":{"name":"Business Ethics the Environment & Responsibility","volume":"34 1","pages":"103-120"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135152306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A thorough examination of organizations from an ethical viewpoint: A bibliometric and content analysis of organizational virtuousness studies","authors":"Richa Goyal,&nbsp;Himani Sharma,&nbsp;Aarti Sharma","doi":"10.1111/beer.12597","DOIUrl":"10.1111/beer.12597","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The study comprehensively reviews previous research work in the domain of ‘<i>Organizational Virtuousness</i>’ (OV) using bibliometric and content analysis. It aims to provide insights into what is known about the field and where future research should be directed. As many as 193 published research articles during the last two decades (2004–2022) were retrieved from the Scopus database. These articles were thoroughly studied and then examined using VOSviewer and the Biblioshiny package of R software for bibliometric insights. The findings of the analysis have pinpointed the most influential journals, authors, and keywords and discovered seven research clusters. Notably, this study is one of the foremost attempts to review the extant research body on OV, and it inarguably helps and guides future research and practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":29886,"journal":{"name":"Business Ethics the Environment & Responsibility","volume":"33 1","pages":"129-144"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135395814","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Company ESG performance and institutional investor ownership preferences","authors":"Li Wei,&nbsp;Wu Chengshu","doi":"10.1111/beer.12602","DOIUrl":"10.1111/beer.12602","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Heterogeneous institutional investors' shareholding preferences have been driven to change by the deepening of ESG investment philosophy. Therefore, we examine the impact of corporate ESG performance on institutional investors' shareholding preferences and its mechanism of action. We conduct mixed OLS and mediation effect tests using data on ESG responsibility scores and institutional investors' shareholding ratios of A-share listed companies in China from 2010 to 2020 as samples. We find that corporate ESG performance can significantly and robustly increase institutional investors' shareholdings; the mediation effect analysis shows that overall corporate ESG performance contributes to increases in corporate book and market values, thus encouraging institutional investors to increase their shareholdings. The heterogeneity analysis shows that independent institutional investors attach more importance to corporate ESG responsibility performance, and long-term institutional investors attach more importance to corporate environmental performance; moreover, institutional investors have more significant ESG shareholding preferences for Chinese SOEs. Our study can strengthen the encouragement of institutional investors to integrate ESG investment concepts from multiple perspectives, such as research and analysis, portfolio management, risk control, and due diligence management, to design and develop targeted ESG investment tools, give full play to the role of shareholders and guide the sound development of listed companies from the perspective of investment strategy objectives.</p>","PeriodicalId":29886,"journal":{"name":"Business Ethics the Environment & Responsibility","volume":"33 3","pages":"287-307"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135396126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How does founders' religiosity affect the proactive environmental strategies in family firms? Evidence from China","authors":"Xuelei Yang,&nbsp;Hangbiao Shang,&nbsp;Hailin Lan,&nbsp;Weining Li","doi":"10.1111/beer.12605","DOIUrl":"10.1111/beer.12605","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The current literature expands the existing knowledge of the antecedents of proactive environmental strategies (PES) in family firms from the perspectives of institutional, market and family involvement logics. However, scholars have not considered the influence of key family decision-makers and their characteristics in this regard. Based on the ability and willingness framework, this study focuses on how founders' religiosity affects family firms' PES. Using data from the 2010 Chinese Private Enterprise Survey conducted by Chinese officials, we found that founders' religiosity drives family firms to implement PES. Altruistic and long-term orientation are the internal mechanisms of this effect. Founders' political status enhances the positive impact of their religiosity on PES, whereas the founders' need for socioemotional wealth protection weakens the relationship between founders' religiosity and family firms' PES. We also found that Eastern and Western founders' religiosity has an asymmetric effect on family firms' PES. This study contributes to the literature on the PES of family firms, the family firm's ability and willingness framework, and family business heterogeneity.</p>","PeriodicalId":29886,"journal":{"name":"Business Ethics the Environment & Responsibility","volume":"33 1","pages":"113-128"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135396262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Nexus between government surveillance on executive compensation and green innovation: Evidence from the type of state-owned enterprises","authors":"Qian Li,&nbsp;Umer Sahil Maqsood,&nbsp;R. M. Ammar Zahid","doi":"10.1111/beer.12601","DOIUrl":"10.1111/beer.12601","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Chinese government capped executive compensation in state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to address income inequality and promote a more equitable distribution of wealth. This study investigates whether regulating top executives' pay alters their motivation for corporate green innovation (GI) initiatives. Using data from 2006 to 2018 for Chinese-listed SOEs, the regression analysis and difference-in-difference methods revealed that government restrictions on executive compensation negatively affect GI. Furthermore, the types of SOE results show that the negative effect of pay restrictions on GI exists only in local SOEs, as opposed to central SOEs. Moreover, high managerial shareholding positively moderates this negative effect, demonstrating that the adverse effects of compensation restrictions are mitigated by the convergence of interests between managers and stakeholders. These findings are robust to instrumental variables and other robustness tests. This study provides policy recommendations for the government to boost its assistance in GI and establish new environment-related incentives that motivate managers to promote GI and inspire enterprises to deploy sustainable environmental initiatives.</p>","PeriodicalId":29886,"journal":{"name":"Business Ethics the Environment & Responsibility","volume":"33 1","pages":"94-112"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134911502","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Understanding the link between subsidiary CEOs and corporate social responsibility in emerging markets: Moderating role of social capital","authors":"Alberto Ferraris,&nbsp;Ismail Golgeci,&nbsp;Ahmad Arslan,&nbsp;Gabriele Santoro","doi":"10.1111/beer.12598","DOIUrl":"10.1111/beer.12598","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This paper analyzes the interlink among managerial experience, capabilities, and social capital in relation to corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities of multinational enterprises' (MNEs) subsidiaries in an emerging market context. Based on the empirical sample of 104 subsidiaries of 28 Italian MNEs operating in India, we found that CEO managerial capabilities are positively associated with CSR activities. However, interestingly, our findings also show that subsidiary CEO (managerial) experience is negatively associated with CSR activities in emerging markets. Therefore, our study is one of the few that highlights the negative repercussions of experience in the context of CSR activities in emerging markets. Moreover, our findings show that while social capital alleviates the negative influences of CEO experience on CSR activities, it does not enhance the role of CEO managerial capabilities in CSR activities. As such, our study contributes to research on business ethics with a focus on sustainable development in business.</p>","PeriodicalId":29886,"journal":{"name":"Business Ethics the Environment & Responsibility","volume":"33 1","pages":"80-93"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/beer.12598","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135886205","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ethics of mortgage advisers in the Netherlands: Professional attitudes and moral dilemmas","authors":"Jelle van Baardewijk","doi":"10.1111/beer.12595","DOIUrl":"10.1111/beer.12595","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Since 2013, mortgage advisory has become an independent profession in the Netherlands. Initially working for mortgage providers, the newly nonpartisan advisers now work for standard advisory fees, thereby reducing conflicts of interest. In this article, I provide an ethical analysis of the different types of ethos of mortgage advisers, that is, the ways they see and talk about, and relate to their work in a certain way. The central research question is: What different kinds of ethos do mortgage advisers have, and which moral dilemmas do they experience in their advisory work? The existence of moral dilemmas is controversial in ethics but nonetheless experienced in real-world business practice. An “ethological” understanding of morality is developed in this paper to understand how these dilemmas are experienced. Twenty-nine mortgage advisers have participated in Q methodological research, a mixed qualitative–quantitative small-sample method. Three different types of ethos were found: <i>Principled Advisers, Moral Advisers, and Minimal Morality Advisers</i>. In considering these three types, I argue that many mortgage advisers should professionalize their ethical stance and learn to address situations in which moral values are neglected. Business ethicists, in turn, need to acknowledge that something may be considered morally inappropriate but is still defensible in some other sense. In this paper, I develop a “layered” conception of business ethics that broadens the perspective from universal notions, such as “rights” and “duties,” toward a concrete ethos that people have in a certain professional practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":29886,"journal":{"name":"Business Ethics the Environment & Responsibility","volume":"33 1","pages":"65-79"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/beer.12595","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87197113","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility: Taking stock and looking forward","authors":"Ralf Barkemeyer,&nbsp;Martina Linnenluecke,&nbsp;Stefan Markovic,&nbsp;Georges Samara","doi":"10.1111/beer.12596","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12596","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;In this editorial, we would like to share recent developments at &lt;i&gt;BEER&lt;/i&gt; with our community and discuss some journal performance metrics, not least in the light of the recent 2022 Clarivate Impact Factor announcement. We would also like to share some further improvement initiatives, including calls for Associate Editors &amp; Editorial Review Board Members. But, before that, we would like to start with some exciting news—the appointment of Prof. Martina Linnenluecke as a new Co-Editor-in-Chief.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We are delighted to announce that Prof. Martina Linnenluecke, University of Technology Sydney, has joined our team of Co-Editors. Martina is an internationally recognised scholar who conducts research on the strategic and financial implications of corporate adaptation and resilience to global environmental change, with a specific focus on the impacts of climate change. She has published over 100 academic articles, book chapters and conference papers, and has been the recipient of numerous awards for her work. Her areas of expertise include sustainability, resilience, environmental finance, and the impacts of climate change on companies, industries and markets. She is the author of the book The Climate Resilient Organization, and has extensive experience in working with government and industry on climate adaptation strategies.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Following the title change from &lt;i&gt;Business Ethics: A European Review&lt;/i&gt; to &lt;i&gt;Business Ethics, the Environment &amp; Responsibility&lt;/i&gt;, this is the second year in which the Clarivate Impact Factor for the journal is split between the two titles. &lt;i&gt;Business Ethics, the Environment &amp; Responsibility&lt;/i&gt; is listed with an Impact Factor of 2.1; and &lt;i&gt;Business Ethics: A European Review&lt;/i&gt; is listed with an Impact Factor of 4.8. The lower Impact Factor for the new title was to be expected given that the 2022 Clarivate Impact Factor tracks citations for two volumes (2020 and 2021), only one of which (2021) is so far available for the new title. Hence, we would expect a greater Impact Factor for the new title next year.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Considering the Clarivate title change procedures and the Impact Factor split, the Scopus CiteScore is probably a more accurate yardstick to evaluate the current performance. Here, the CiteScore Impact Factor is 6.2 for 2022, and &lt;i&gt;BEER&lt;/i&gt;—with its new title—continues to be safely positioned in Q1 in all of its subject areas. In the Ethics (Philosophy) category, &lt;i&gt;BEER&lt;/i&gt; is ranked 13th out of 762 outlets (98th percentile). This performance level is also reflected by an increasing number of downloads (215,000 in 2022, as opposed to 197,000 in 2021) and a stable acceptance rate, as a reflection of a greater quantity of submissions of higher quality we have experienced.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In fact, output has more than doubled over the last 3 years, and we have a number of high-quality Special Issue projects lined up to be published in the second half of 2023. As an illustration of the breadth of topics a","PeriodicalId":29886,"journal":{"name":"Business Ethics the Environment & Responsibility","volume":"32 4","pages":"1123-1125"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/beer.12596","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50118835","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Firm governance structures, earnings management, and carbon emission disclosures in Chinese high-polluting firms","authors":"Ali Abbas,&nbsp;Guoqing Zhang,&nbsp; Bilal,&nbsp;Ye Chengang","doi":"10.1111/beer.12582","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12582","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study examines the influence of firm governance structures (board size, independence, CEO duality, director share ownership, and board meeting frequency) in relation to carbon emission disclosures by high-polluting Chinses firms. In addition, the study further examined the moderating role of earnings management on this relationship. In line with stakeholder and agency theories, our study identified that the large and independent boards exercise and demonstrate a higher degree of carbon emission disclosures. However, CEO duality and director share ownership are associated with lower carbon emission disclosures. In addition, the study determined that higher earnings management results in a reduced level of carbon emission disclosures. Lastly, a firm earnings management strategy moderates the relationship between a firm governance structure and its carbon emission disclosures. The findings from the study are consistent with multiple econometric models and variables. The findings from the study contribute to the literature in the areas of firm corporate governance and carbon emission disclosures by documenting the moderating role of earnings management, which is not evident in previous studies; provide an enhanced perspective on the implications for firms, regulators, policymakers, and stakeholders who have an interest in reducing carbon emissions and advancing climate change mitigation goals in line with UN's Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7: climate action, and zero emissions goal by 2050.</p>","PeriodicalId":29886,"journal":{"name":"Business Ethics the Environment & Responsibility","volume":"32 4","pages":"1470-1489"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/beer.12582","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50145270","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The role of leader favoritism, unfairness, and employability in employee psychological withdrawal behavior","authors":"Faridahwati Mohd Shamsudin,&nbsp;Shaker Bani-Melhem,&nbsp;Rawan Abukhait,&nbsp;Rekha Pillai,&nbsp;Samina Quratulain","doi":"10.1111/beer.12590","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12590","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Given the adverse consequences of destructive leadership at work, we examine leader favoritism prevalent in contemporary organizations. Our study builds on previous research on unethical leadership behaviors and extends social exchange theory by assessing whether leader favoritism contributes to employee psychological withdrawal behavior at work and whether perceived unfairness explains this link, addressing a gap in the literature on this topic. In addition, we investigate the condition of perceived employability to seek whether the influence of perceived unfairness due to leader favoritism on psychological withdrawal behavior at work is strengthened when employees think they can secure alternative employment elsewhere. The study utilizes a two-wave data collection approach to gather responses from 206 front end customer service employees working in the hospitality and tourism firms in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The study findings offer empirical support for the proposed mediated moderation model. Specifically, the results demonstrate that leader favoritism directly, indirectly (via perceived unfairness), and positively influence employee withdrawal behaviors. This influence is stronger among employees who believe they can easily find alternative employment options. Our findings highlight the relevance of incorporating social exchange theory into the unethical leadership behaviors and withdrawal behaviors literature and provide valuable insights for managers into how to mitigate the practice of leader favoritism because of its adverse consequences on employees' work attitudes and behavior.</p>","PeriodicalId":29886,"journal":{"name":"Business Ethics the Environment & Responsibility","volume":"32 4","pages":"1185-1200"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50142499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}