Cambridge Handbook of Research Approaches to Business Ethics and Corporate Responsibility

This is the first book on research approaches to business ethics and corporate social responsibility, written by leading scholars.

Patricia H. Werhane (Edited by), R. Edward Freeman (Edited by), Sergiy Dmytriyev (Edited by)

9781107150690, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 16 November 2017

336 pages, 9 b/w illus. 4 tables
25.4 x 17.8 x 2.1 cm, 0.73 kg

'This book represents a contribution to the field of business ethics that is long overdue. The compilation of research methods that are available for business ethics scholars is both comprehensive and current. It underlines that methodology is a relevant tool for answering critical moral questions business ethics scholars should pursue. It should be a resource on every business ethics scholar's desk.' Dawn R. Elm, David A. and Barbara Koch Distinguished Professor of Business Ethics and Leadership, Executive Director, Society for Business Ethics, University of St. Thomas

While there is a large and ever-expanding body of work on the fields of business ethics and corporate social responsibility (CSR), there is a noted absence of a single source on the methodology and research approaches to these fields. In this book, the first of its kind, leading scholars in the fields gather to analyse a range of philosophical and empirical approaches to research in business ethics and CSR. It covers such sections as historical approaches, normative and behavioural methodologies, quantitative, qualitative and experimental perspectives, grounded theory and case methodologies, and finally a section on the role of the researcher in research projects. This book is a valuable and essential read for all researchers in business ethics and CSR, not only for those starting out in the fields, but also for seasoned scholars and academics.

Introduction
Part I: Philosophical Approaches
Historical Approaches: 1. The use of historical figures as a research approach Patricia H. Werhane, R. Edward Freeman and Sergiy Dmytriyev
2. History as methodology in business ethics: lessons from Aristotle Edwin M. Hartman
3. The role of continental philosophy in business ethics research Mollie Painter Morland
Normative Approaches
4. Research in normative business ethics: a coherence approach Richard T. De George
5. The universalist approach and Kant in business ethics Norman E. Bowie
Part II. Empirical Approaches
Qualitative Approaches: 6. Normative assessments in empirical business ethics research: toward a methodological bridge across the ontological gap Sarah Margaretha Jastram and Damian Bäumlisberger
7. Descriptive ethics: a neglected methodological domain in business and applied ethics Wesley Cragg
8. Grounded theory in business ethics David Bevan and Angelo Carlo S. Carrascoso
9. Discourse analysis as a method for business ethics and corporate responsibility research Anna Heikkinen, Johanna Kujala, Matias Laine and Hannele Mäkelä
Quantitative and Experimental Approaches
10. Quantitative content analysis as a method for business ethics research Irina Lock and Peter Seele
11. Experiments in business ethics Helet Botha
Contemporary Approaches
12. Mixed methodologies, full-cycle research and the shortcomings of behavioral ethics Scott Sonenshein and Katherine DeCelles
13. Applying neuroscience to business ethics Filomena Sabatella, Nicola Pless and Thomas Maak
14. Wide reflective equilibrium as a case-based research approach to business ethics Patricia H. Werhane
Case Study Approaches
15. Casuistry as a case-based research approach to business ethics Martin Calkins
16. Building on actor-network analysis to study corporate social responsibility: conceptual and methodological insights Jean-Pascal Gond and Marion Ligonie
Part III. A Researcher in the Spotlight: 17. Social construction as background for research in business ethics John J. Pirri and Patricia H. Werhane
18. A pragmatist approach to business ethics research Bidhan L. Parmar, Robert Phillips and R. Edward Freeman
19. Rethinking right: moral epistemology in management research Tae Wan Kim and Thomas Donaldson
20. Another view from China: Daoist thought as an approach to global business ethics Kathleen M. Higgins.

Subject Areas: Management & management techniques [KJM], Business ethics & social responsibility [KJG], Business & management [KJ], Economics, finance, business & management [K], Ethics & moral philosophy [HPQ], Philosophy [HP]