Marketers are guided by a longstanding mantra: Consumers preferences are king. In many ways, to be the best marketer is to create products and services that are directly aligned with consumer preferences. This paper focuses on the potential ethical issues associated with blindly catering to...

Boycotting in response to corporations making political or social statements is an ever-increasing phenomenon. While some have argued that boycotting is an impermissible form of consumer behavior, this article argues that boycotting should be considered a form of ethical consumerism....

Depending on who you ask, corporate compliance is either the most valuable initiative a company can invest in, or simply a type of insurance policy purchased to avoid legal liability. This divergence is problematic because it leaves the compliance community—companies, regulators, compliance...

Employment-at-will (EAW) is the legal presumption that employers and employees may terminate an employment relationship for any or no reason. Defenders of EAW have argued that it promotes autonomy and efficiency. Critics have argued that it allows for the domination, subordination, and arbitrary...