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. Members include scholars and professionals from several countries with a common interest in research, teaching, or the application of ethical principles to business management. The society sponsors a scholarly journal, Business Ethics Quarterly, publishes a newsletter, and hosts an annual conference. Members receive online access to the journal, the newsletter, and a number of scholarly books and conference proceedings as benefits of membership.
Past presidents
The following persons have been president of the society:
- 1980 Richard De George, Thomas Donaldson (ethicist), Pat Werhane
- 1981 Thomas Donaldson (ethicist)
- 1982 Pat Werhane
- 1983 Ken Goodpaster
- 1984 Richard De George
- 1985 Richard De George, Thomas Donaldson (ethicist), Manny Velasquez
- 1986 Thomas Donaldson (ethicist)
- 1987 Manny Velasquez
- 1988 Norman Bowie
- 1989 Mike Hoffman
- 1990 Bill Frederick
- 1991 Lisa Newton
- 1992 Jennifer Moore
- 1993 Leo Ryan
- 1994 R. Edward Freeman
- 1995 Thomas W. Dunfee
- 1996 Laura Nash
- 1997 John Boatright
- 1998 Archie Carroll
- 1999 George Brenkert
- 2000 John Dienhart
- 2001 Laura Hartman
- 2002 Daryl Koehn
- 2003 Donna Wood
- 2004 Dennis Moberg
- 2005
- 2006 Edwin Hartman
- 2007 Richard Nielsen
- 2008 Robert Allen Phillips
- 2009 Joanne Ciulla
Publications
The society publishe:
- Business Ethics Quarterly, 1991-present
- The Ruffin Series of the Society for Business Ethics
- Society For Business Ethics Newsletter, 1989-present
- Spiritual Goods: Faith Traditions and the Practice of Business, 2001
- Conscience and Corporate Culture, by Kenneth Goodpaster
Annual meetings
Meetings of the society are held in August, generally in conjunction with the meetings of the Academy of Management. Information about the upcoming annual conference appears in the society's newsletter.