The digital age brings many challenges to the modern business world. Due to these significant challenges, the issue of ethics is gaining increasing attention. Ethics focuses on making moral decisions and acting upon them. Both in private and professional life, it is important to be honest, fair,...

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into accounting is transforming the profession by enhancing operational efficiency, improving data accuracy, and enabling strategic decision-making. This study investigated the intersection of AI-driven digital transformation and ethical...

Objective The aim of this article is to find out to what extent and for what reasons managers use unethical eristic tricks to persuade their employees. Methodology The research used qualitative methods, in-depth interviews with eleven managers, which were conducted in May and June 2024. The...

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...

This paper investigates whether elite interconnections contribute to unethical behavior. It aims to present a clear explanation of how these connections are established, analyze the presence of unethical conduct within them, and assess their impact on the economy and societal welfare. This paper...

This paper aims to examine the role of organizational culture, mainly ethics, in the field of artificial intelligence. In particular, it investigates the contribution of ethics in implementing artificial models developed for financial decision making in organizations. The research methodology is...

Commodification is the process of transforming goods or services traditionally transferred without charge into commercially exchangeable commodities. Critics argue that this transformation often entails the loss of inherent value, rendering the resulting transactions morally problematic. In...

While algorithmic decision-making technology can greatly improve efficiency at work, it has the potential to promote unethical decision making in humans who work with the technology. In this paper, we test how the moral disengagement mechanism, displacement of responsibility arises, as an...

Joseph Heath presents his market failures approach to business ethics as a happy medium between cynicism and the idealism of traditional moral theories such as Kantian ethics, which Heath believes to be incompatible with important forms of competition. The market failures approach defends some...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping society, including the music industry. Recent advancements in generative AI enable users to create music from text-based prompts, raising questions about public perception and valuation of AI-generated music. We conducted three studies with...

Research on conspiracy theories and predictors that explain susceptibility to believing in conspiracy theories (conspiracy mentality) has already led to a considerable body of academic contributions. Nevertheless, we see the necessity to continue working on higher-level frameworks that summarize...

Political advertising ethics has long been dominated by an adherence to the norms of democratic idealism or the highly situational ethics of act utilitarianism. This article proposes an alternative system of political advertising ethics grounded in Brandt’s ideal moral code theory, a form of...

The chocolate supply chain exemplifies the social and environmental challenges within global food systems. Growing awareness of environmental impact and ethical production practices is increasingly shaping consumer choices and influencing food policy. This highlights the need for an integrated...

Dark personality traits have been linked to behaviors commonly understood as unethical, such as fraud, bribe-taking, and marital infidelity. Presumably, more "light" personality traits may be associated with lesser tendencies to be unethical, but many individuals also possess both light and dark...

Due to the progress of digitization and the associated use of artificial intelligence in the economic and especially the accounting field, the cooperation between man and machine is becoming increasingly prominent in society. The objective of this research to address the ethics of using...

Background: In the dynamic realm of business, ethics serves as a critical compass, guiding the delineation between right and wrong actions. Gaining momentum as a focal point within organisational discourse, the concept of ethics has burgeoned into a cornerstone element of corporate identity and...