Abstract In the name of combating COVID-19, many countries have enacted laws that restrict citizens’ freedom of movement and freedom to operate businesses. These laws attempt to use the expressive effects of law and legal sanctions to make people conform to legal norms different from...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how received word-of-mouth (WOM) influences consumer emotions and, in turn, behavioral attitude and intention. Design/methodology/approach A conceptual model is developed by extending the theory of reasoned action framework to include WOM and...

Purpose This study aims to investigate the insights on how international customer behavior is impacted toward online customer review (OCR) by the mediating effects of social and personal norms in the varied cultural context. The study also investigates how support of peer influence could...

Purpose – The purpose of the study reported in this article is to examine the role of management in establishing anti‐corruption organisational culture in law enforcement agencies. The study focuses on organisational perspectives on corruption and on the views of managers regarding the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine in detail the positive and negative aspects of selected soft law initiatives and the relevance of hard laws in the pursuit of corporate social responsibility (CSR). Design/methodology/approach – Soft law initiatives are categorized into...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to understand the complex interplay between illicit opioids trade and consumption practices and state policies that aim to reduce their misuse. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted an exploratory design. Data were gathered through in-depth interviews...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the status and implications of promise ( wa'd ) in Islamic banking practices and the extent of its enforceability in the court of law. The analysis highlights the concept of wa'd , its application and limitation in the present practices....

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to study police crime, which is defined as crime committed by police employees on duty. Design/methodology/approach – Based on an empirical study of all police court crime cases in Norway for the last four years, relationships between coded variables...

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to examine ritualistic humor or joking that exists in a small, rural police department in Western New York. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected through participatory observations and interviews during the summer of 2014. Both authors...

Purpose – Working towards a broader understanding of information provision by agencies responding to crisis situations, the aim of this paper is to examine mandated information provision on the part of law enforcement to survivors of intimate partner violence at the scene of an emergency...