Most academic journals seem to focus on arcane topics and business ethics journals have apparently gone in that direction. Henry Mintzberg, the highly respected management scholar, suggests that most academic articles published in journals do not pass the "Bill and Barbara Test." (Note: Bill and Barbara are two practitioners to whom he referred academic papers and asked them to comment as to whether those papers had any practical value. See the attached.)
The Journal of Business Ethics used to publish many papers about applied business ethics but under the new editors that journal seems to be more elitist and theoretical in its focus.
Do we need a new Journal of Applied Business Ethics? The Gallup Survey data indicates that trust in leaders of all types is low and that employees rarely have confidence in their leaders anymore.
Check with Dr. Adrian Doss from the University of West Alabama for assistance, he is very good.
Sir:
I checked both lists and found nothing that I thought addressed Applied Business Ethics.
What am I missing?
Cam
Dear Cam
I would persevere with the Journal of Business Ethics. It remains a journal with very many applied ethics sections. Beyond the the JBE, Business & Professional Ethics Journal and Business Ethics: A European Review accept applied ethics papers.
Regards
Rob Macklin
.Rob:
.Thank you for your suggestions. I will try the two journals you suggested.
Unfortunately, despite the fact that I ranked third in the world for top-tier business ethics publications in the decade from 2000 to 2010 while Alex Michalos was editor of the Journal of Business Ethics (Warnick, et al, 2014, p. 193), I have no longer been successful in submitting more than a dozen papers to that journal since Ed Freeman became editor -- nor have the two persons who had ranked ahead of me.
It has been so bad that most of my submittals do not even get the courtesy of a review. Admittedly, I write about applied business ethics in the Management and Human Resources areas. (See my attached c.v.) All of those same papers eventually were published in the Journal of Management Development, or other journals, but none were published in the Journal of Business Ethics.
Ed Freeman claims that he has attempted to update the Journal of Business Ethics and make it a better journal -- something many new editors say they want to do -- even though the Journal of Business Ethics was already a Financial Times Top 40 business research journal.
But thanks for your ideas.
Cam Caldwell
Sudeepta:
Business Ethics Quarterly is a very good theoretical journal - but it does not publish applied business ethics research. I have published a book review in that journal but they are not interested in applied business ethics articles, based upon my experience. I submitted an applied business ethics paper to that journal and was not even given the courtesy of a review of the paper. The paper was eventually publiished n a practitioner-oriented journal.
Cami
Check with Dr. Adrian Doss from the University of West Alabama for assistance, he is very good.
Ashley and Leisa,
I am confident that Dr. Doss is a very fine person and well-informed in the area of criminal justice. I checked out his publications on Google Scholar and EBSCO Host. He writes about criminal justice, the gulf coast, and military officers -- but I am curious as to why you consider him an applied business ethics scholar. Thoughts?
CC
I found a new Springer journal about Ethical Theory and Moral Practice that has just been created.
Those interested in this question and where to publish applied business research may consider that option.
CC
The Bill and Barbara test reflects Mintzberg's justified cynicism regarding the practical value of business related academic research. Most of it seems to be written for other academics and is an exercise in intellectualism rather than truth finding.
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