Codes of ethics encompass companies’ vision on business conduct and ethics in relation with its stakeholders. Presenting a code of ethics is rather a voluntarily process, therefore a large amount of heterogeneity is found among such codes. A general model of code of ethics would be a...

The publishing conduct of scientists is increasingly becoming the object of science-based ethical considerations. Studies have shown that questionable publishing conduct is not a rare phenomenon in this area. National and international scientific organisations are making recommendations about...

As scholars who write in intellectual property (“IP”), we write this letter with aspirations of reaching the highest ethical norms possible for our field. In particular, we have noted an influx of large contributions from corporate and private actors who have an economic stake in ongoing...

This study used the systematic review methodology to examine peer-reviewed journal articles published in the Web of Science, ScienceDirect, Springer and Emerald Insight during the 2000-2020 period to analyse greenwashing. In an open market, the behaviours of state-owned enterprises (SOEs),...

The welcome rise of replication tests in economics has not been accompanied by a single, clear definition of replication. A discrepant replication, in current usage of the term, can signal anything from an unremarkable disagreement over methods to scientific incompetence or misconduct. This...