Perhaps the most important corporate law debate over the last several years concerns whether directors and executives should manage the corporation to maximize value for investors or also take into account the interests of other stakeholders and society. But, do investors themselves wish to...

Objective: The article aims to explore the potential differences between the two phases of entrepreneurship, i.e., total early-stage entrepreneurial activity and established business, as defined by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM). The study aimed to classify entrepreneurs using various...

Information security has always been and is now one of the priority goals of the modern state, and is also a factor in ensuring its sustainable development. In the current conditions of military aggression of the neighboring state, an important place is occupied by information propaganda, which...

In a time of increasing polarization, how can we address sensitive topics and ensure that university classrooms remain places of healthy discussions and ethical deliberations? This paper addresses this important question by drawing on unique qualitative data from our students’ accounts of...

Exploring the intricacies of heterogeneity in tax avoidance practices within family firms, a growing trend acknowledges the significant role of chief executive officers (CEOs) in setting the ethical tone and shaping corporate tax strategies. However, these studies often overlook the influence of...

As firms increasingly rely on user-generated data (UGD) to drive decision-making, questions of digital responsibility have become central to contemporary data governance. This article develops a governance model for UGD that integrates the ecosystem view with three complementary...

Managers do not need moral (re-)education but the competencies to assume order responsibility: Companies serve a societal purpose in market economies through efficiency, innovation, and welfare diffusion. Their "license to operate" depends not only on legality but also on legitimacy. As the...

This exploratory study aimed to identify new predictors of the acceptance of artificial intelligence (AI) among students by comparing the effectiveness of three models: the technology acceptance, unified theory of acceptance and use of technology, and value-based adoption model. A quantitative...

Purpose: Leadership in Africa faces numerous challenges, from famine and inequality to political instability and conflict. To overcome these obstacles, a new generation of leaders who are responsible and dedicated to upholding African traditions and values is needed. The Afrocentric perspective...

Adjisse, Blimpo, and Castañeda Dower (2024) reproduce the tables and figures of Balán et al. (2022) with the exception an incorrect sign on one coefficient in Table 5. Although not central to Balán et al. (2022), we are grateful to have discovered this error and have submitted a corrigendum...

The concept of resilience has gained significant prominence across various disciplines, particularly in the context of regional development. Specifically, the Social Responsibility of Local Public Administrations (SRLPA) may play a significant role in fostering resilient territories. This study...

This article evolved as part of the research project ‘Transformation-oriented innovation policy in the bio-economy-status, potentials and strategies’, which has been supported by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research under grant number 031B0781A. The authors thank an anonymous...

Pecuniary externalities-costs imposed on third parties mediated through the price system-have typically received little philosophical attention. Recently, this has begun to change. In two separate papers, Richard Endörfer (Econ Philos 38, pp. 221-241, 2022) and Hayden Wilkinson (Philos Public...

This paper studies responsibility attribution for outcomes of collusive bribery. In an experiment, participants labeled as either citizens or public officials can propose a bribery transaction to another participant (labeled as either public official or citizen, respectively), who decides...

Teams are formed because input from different people is needed. Providing incentives to team members, however, can be diffcult. According to received wisdom, declaring all members responsible fails because real responsibility for team output "diffuses". But why? And why and when does formally...

Purpose: This study provides an outline of a meta-theory of ubuntu to illuminate how responsible leadership might be understood and enacted in African settings. Design/methodology/approach: This study presents an initial theory on ubuntu and appeals to realist philosophical principles to provide...

Purpose: As accountants are often business leaders, it is crucial that accounting students are equipped to become responsible leaders. Thus, accounting students should be taught to value citizenship, for example, through exposure to social innovation as an expression of personal citizenship. The...

Purpose: Responsible leadership has gained significant attention in contemporary management scholarship. Despite significant advances made in the burgeoning corpus of knowledge, a paucity of studies focusses on developing economies with a dearth of studies underscoring specifically the public...