The Society for Business Ethics (SBE) 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

Business Ethics Quarterly

Business Ethics Quarterly is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes theoretical and empirical research relevant to the ethics of business...

, 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.

Publications of the Society for Business Ethics

• 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

Notable books by members of the society

• An Introduction to Business Ethics, by Joseph DesJardins
• The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Management, Business Ethics, by Patricia Werhane and R. Edward Freeman
• Business Ethics, by Richard De George
• Business Ethics, by Andrew Wicks, R. Edward Freeman, Patricia Werhane, and Kirsten Martin
• Ethical Issues in Business: A Philosophical Approach, by Thomas Donaldson and Patricia Werhane
• Ethical Theory and Business, by Tom Beauchamp, Norman Bowie, and Denis Arnold
• Ethics and the Conduct of Business, by John Boatright
• Honest Work: A Business Ethics Reader, by Joanne Ciulla, Clancy Martin, Robert Solomon
• Living With the Dragon: Thinking and Acting Ethically in a World of Unintended Consequences, by Daryl Koehn
• Managing Ethics in Business Organizations: Social Scientific Perspectives, by Linda Trevino and Gary Weaver
• The Oxford Handbook of Business Ethics, by George Brenkert and Tom Beauchamp
• Conscience and Corporate Culture, by Kenneth Goodpaster

Annual meetings

Meetings of the Society for Business Ethics are held in August, generally in conjunction with the meetings of the Academy of Management

Academy of Management

The Academy of Management is a professional association for scholars dedicated to creating and disseminating knowledge about management and organizations. The Academy of Management was established in 1936...

. Information about the upcoming annual conference appears in the Society's newsletter (link given below).
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• A History of the Society for Business Ethics (2005)
• Business Ethics Quarterly
• The Ruffin Series of the Society for Business Ethics
• Society For Business Ethics Newsletter
• Philosophy Documentation Center