Business and Professional Ethics Journal is a peer-reviewed

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 academic journal

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 that examines ethical issues in business

Business ethics

Business ethics is a form of applied ethics or professional ethics that examines ethical principles and moral or ethical problems that arise in a business environment. It applies to all aspects of business conduct and is relevant to the conduct of individuals and entire organizations.Business...

 encountered by professionals working in large organizational structures. It provides an outlet for original work that contributes to the development of alternative theories and practices within business and professional ethics, and that examines why global ethical issues, such as poverty alleviation and sustainability, emerge and persist. The journal is published by the Philosophy Documentation Center

Philosophy Documentation Center

The Philosophy Documentation Center is a non-profit publisher and resource center dedicated to providing affordable access to a wide range of materials in applied ethics, classics, philosophy, religious studies, and related disciplines...

 in cooperation with the Institute for Business and Professional Ethics

Institute for Business and Professional Ethics

The Institute for Business and Professional Ethics is a business ethics research and development center within the College of Commerce at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois...

 at DePaul University.

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History

The journal was established in 1981 by Robert Baum, Norman E. Bowie

Norman E. Bowie

Norman E. Bowie is a professor of strategic management and of philosophy. He teaches in both of those departments at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota....

, and Deborah Johnson. Notable contributors include Geert Demuijnck, Thomas Donaldson, Georges Enderle, R. Edward Freeman

R. Edward Freeman

R. Edward Freeman is an American philosopher and professor of business administration at the Darden School of the University of Virginia. He has also taught at the University of Minnesota and the Wharton School. Freeman is particularly known for his work on stakeholder theory and on business works...

, R. M. Hare

R. M. Hare

Richard Mervyn Hare was an English moral philosopher who held the post of White's Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Oxford from 1966 until 1983. He subsequently taught for a number of years at the University of Florida...

, Robert C. Solomon

Robert C. Solomon

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, and René ten Bos. The journal has published special issues in cooperation with professional organizations in several countries, including the Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics, Canadian Society for the Study of Practical Ethics, the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

Markkula Center for Applied Ethics

The Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University promotes research and dialogue in five major focus areas: Bioethics, Business Ethics, Campus Ethics, Character Education, and Government Ethics. The Center offers public talks, workshops, and training, as well as sponsoring...

, Middlesex University Business School

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, and the Society for Business Ethics

Society for Business Ethics

The Society for Business Ethics is a non-profit organization established in 1980 to promote the advancement and understanding of ethics in business. Its mission is to provide a forum in which moral, legal, empirical, and philosophical issues of business ethics may be openly discussed and analyzed...

. In 2004, the Business and Professional Ethics Journal merged with Professional Ethics

Professional Ethics (journal)

Professional Ethics: A Multidisciplinary Journal was a peer-reviewed academic journal that examined ethical issues in the context of the practice of a profession. Established in 1992, the journal published original research on ethics issues in accounting, business, engineering, sports, the...

. Mollie Painter-Morland (DePaul University

DePaul University

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) became editor-in-chief in August 2010. The journal's editorial board was reorganized in 2011, and its cover and layout have been redesigned to emphasize the journal's new editorial direction.