Fostering Ethics Research: A Study of the Accounting, Finance and Marketing Disciplines

Posted: 19 Feb 2008

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Richard A. Bernardi

Roger Williams University - Gabelli School of Business; Roger Williams University

Michael R. Melton

Roger Williams University - Gabelli School of Business

Scott D. Roberts

St. Edward's University

David F. Bean

Independent

Abstract

This study compares the level of ethics research published in 25 business-ethics journals and the Top-40 journals for the accounting, finance and marketing disciplines. This research documents an increasing level of ethics research in the accounting and marketing disciplines starting in 1992. While the level of finance doctorates reported by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) has increased at a higher rate (40.4 percent) than accounting (18.4 percent) and marketing (32.2 percent) since 1995, this increase has not been reflected in the level of ethics scholarship in finance. The level of ethics scholarship in finance remained relatively constant between 1987 and 2005 at an average of seven coauthor-adjusted articles per year. However, both the accounting and marketing disciplines now regularly publish approximately 50 coauthor-adjusted articles each year.

Suggested Citation

Bernardi, Richard A. and Melton, Michael R. and Roberts, Scott D. and Bean, David F., Fostering Ethics Research: A Study of the Accounting, Finance and Marketing Disciplines. Journal of Business Ethics, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1094358

Richard A. Bernardi (Contact Author)

Roger Williams University - Gabelli School of Business ( email )

Bristol, RI 02809
United States

Roger Williams University ( email )

Bristol, RI 02809
United States

Michael R. Melton

Roger Williams University - Gabelli School of Business ( email )

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Scott D. Roberts

St. Edward's University ( email )

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Austin, TX 78704
United States

David F. Bean

Independent ( email )

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