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Research tidbits: Auditing and ethics

A few articles dealing with ethics in accounting practices. Regulation and the promotion of audit ethics: analysis of the content of the EU’s policy Accounting literature has commonly judged the impact of regulation on auditors’ ethical commitment [...]

Research tidbits: Making ethical decisions

Our selection of useful reading on making ethical decisions in business. Ethical decision-making theory: an integrated approach  Ethical decision-making (EDM) descriptive theoretical models often conflict with each other and typically lack comprehensiveness. To address this [...]

Research tidbits: Leader characteristics

Some interesting articles we've been reading on leadership characteristics: Ethical leadership: A meta-analytic review A growing body of research suggests that follower perceptions of ethical leadership are associated with beneficial follower outcomes. However, some empirical [...]

Research tidbits: The dark side of leadership

Here’s our latest pick of interesting articles considering the darker side of leadership. Workplace Bullying: Considering the Interaction Between Individual and Work Environment There has been increased interest in the “dark side” of organisational behaviour [...]

Research tidbits: Stakeholder trust

Here’s our latest pick of interesting articles covering stakeholder trust. Is fair treatment enough? Fairness and stakeholder behaviour  Fairness and justice are core issues in stakeholder theory. Although such considerations receive more attention in the [...]

Research tidbits: Moral values in leadership

Here’s our latest pick of interesting articles covering moral values in leadership.   How proximity affects moral reasoning Wildermuth, De Mello e Souza and Kozitza report the results of an experiment designed to determine the [...]