Business Ethics and ESG

Journals

Below you will find a list of journals on topics that cover various aspects related to business ethics, corporate responsibility, ESG and sustainable business

Business ethics journals

Asian Journal of Business Ethics Peer reviewed
Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility Peer reviewed
Business Ethics: A European Review Peer reviewed The range of contributions reflects the variety and scope of ethical, sustainability, and responsibility issues faced by business organizations worldwide.
Business Ethics and Leadership Peer reviewed Modern international and national paradigms for the formation of business ethics and leadership in society, intercultural and transnational aspects of business ethics and leadership; Honesty, transparency, standards, trust, reputation, fairness and ethics in business, trade, management, marketing, public communications, finance, public administration and international economic relations; Leadership and innovation in business, trade, management, marketing, public communications, finance, public administration and international economic relations in different countries; Corporate social responsibility and social entrepreneurship; Introduction of ethical standards and modern democratic practices in socio-economic processes to ensure social justice, gender and social equality, protection of corporate and personal rights and freedoms worldwide; Behavioral economics, harmonization of interests of stakeholders, public-private and intersectoral business partnership; Effective and ethical business communications and public relations, social and ethical marketing; Professional ethics and standards of regional financial institutions and regulators, trust and reputation in financial relations, behavioral finance, non-financial corporate reporting, transparency of finance, accounting and taxation, international experience and standards to prevent unethical, unfair and non-transparent financial relations; Management of human resources, management, leadership psychology, organizational culture, motivation, professional ethics; Client-oriented business management, quality of services, protection of consumer interests in different countries.
Business Ethics Quarterly Peer reviewed Has published articles and reviews on a broad range of topics, including the internal ethics of business organizations, the ethics of specific business practices such as marketing, stakeholder relations, and international business, the role of business organizations in larger social, political and cultural frameworks, corporate social responsibility, sustainability and environmental ethics in business, and the ethical quality of market-based societies and relationships.
Business & Professional Ethics Journal Peer reviewed Business and Professional Ethics Journal is a peer-reviewed forum for interdisciplinary research that explores the systemic causes of ethical challenges in business and professional life.
Electronic Journal of Business Ethics and Organization Studies Peer reviewed
Journal of Business Ethics Peer reviewed Original articles and reviews concerning ethical issues related to business, and analyses of systems of production, consumption, marketing, advertising, social and economic accounting, public relations and organizational behavior from a moral viewpoint.
Journal of Ethics & Entrepreneurship Peer reviewed This journal provides peer reviewed interdisciplinary scholarly research (conceptual, theoretical, and empirical) or teaching cases that connect entrepreneurship and ethics and appeal to both the academic and the practitioner.
Journal of International Business Ethics Peer reviewed
Journal of Leadership, Accountability, and Ethics Peer reviewed
The Journal of Values-Based Leadership Peer reviewed Promotes ethical and moral leadership and behavior by serving as a forum for ideas and the sharing of “best practices.” It serves as a resource for business and institutional leaders, educators, and students concerned about values-based leadership.
Southern Journal of Business and Ethics Peer reviewed

Corporate responsibility journals

Business and Human Rights Journal Peer reviewed The journals strives to advance the academic discussion on business and human rights as well as promote concern for human rights in business practice. Its scope encompasses interface of any type of business enterprise with human rights, environmental rights, labour rights and the collective rights of vulnerable groups.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management Peer reviewed The focus of the journal is on research and practical advice for the development and assessment of social responsibility and environmental tools, practical case studies and an assessment of the relative strengths and weaknesses of different approaches to sustainability.
International Journal of Corporate Social Responsibility Peer reviewed Business ethics; Business management; General business
International Journal of Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Corporate Social Responsibility Peer reviewed multi-disciplinary, multi-functional, and multi-contextual scholarly forum for exchanging the latest research on all aspects of sustainable entrepreneurship. Social entrepreneurship is an emerging field of research that concerns how enterprising individuals or groups develop businesses that offer solutions to various social and environmental problems
Journal of Global Responsibility Peer reviewed The journal covers a wide range of global responsibility inquiries, including: Responsibility within a global scope Responsibility on a global scale Responsibility at the global level Responsibility with a global perspective
Journal of Responsible Innovation Peer reviewed JRI offers humanists, social scientists, policy analysts, legal scholars, natural scientists, and engineers an opportunity to articulate, strengthen, and critique the relations among approaches to responsible innovation. These approaches include: ethics, technology assessment, governance, sustainability, public engagement, management and strategy socio-technical integration, and others.
Social Responsibility Journal Peer reviewed Coverage is broad and explores the relationship between social responsibility and: Accountability Sustainability Economy and finance Governance Stakeholder interactions Ecology and environment Corporate activity and behaviour Ethics and morality Governmental and trans-governmental regulation Globalisation and disintermediation Individuals and corporate citizenship Transparency and disclosure Consumption and its consequences
Stanford Social Innovation Review Not peer reviewed Presents the best ideas in nonprofit management, philanthropy & corporate citizenship.

Sustainability journals

Asian Journal of Sustainability and Social Responsibility Not peer reviewed
Green Finance Peer reviewed Green Finance (GF) is an international Open Access journal devoted to publishing peer-reviewed, high quality, original papers in the field of Green finance, Environmental, and Sustainability research and practice. The journal publishes the following article types: original research articles, reviews, editorials, letters, and conference reports.
Green Finance and Investment Not peer reviewed This OECD series on Green Finance and Investment provides policy analysis and guidance to scale up financing and investment in technologies, infrastructure and companies that will be critical in the transition to a low-carbon, climate-resilient and resource-efficient economy.
Journal of Management for Global Sustainability Not peer reviewed The primary purpose of this journal is to help all of us move more rapidly toward a sustainable and socially just world. We will seek to do so by providing a forum in which scholarship oriented toward sustainability and social justice, that is, toward building a better world for all, can be published and, we hope, influence all of us as scholars, managers, leaders, and citizens of the world to effect positive change.
Journal of Management and Sustainability Peer reviewed International, double-blind peer-reviewed, open-access journal for academics and practitioners of sustainable management. Published by the Canadian Center of Science and Education, JMS aims to provide an avenue for high-quality research in the fields of environmental sustainability, corporate social responsibility, economic sustainability and any disciplines concerning the interaction between management and enterprise sustainable development.
Journal of Sustainable Finance & Investment Peer reviewed We encourage original submissions in topics related, but not limited to, the financial implications of the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) pillars and its integration into corporate policies and portfolio construction, impact investing, green finance, socially responsible investment (SRI), environmental economics, climate finance, climate risk and its pricing and mitigation mechanisms, sustainable banking, economic and financial implications of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), carbon accounting and ESG disclosure.
Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal Peer reviewed Coverage includes, but is not limited to: Accountability for impacts on sustainable development Biodiversity accounting and management Carbon accounting and trading Corporate governance and sustainable development Corporate strategy and sustainable development Economic impact of social and environmental policies ESG ratings and sustainable development Human rights and labour rights and sustainable development Leadership and sustainable development Multiple capitals and sustainable development Public sector accountability and sustainable development Race, gender, disability and LBTQI accounting Regulation, standards and sustainable development Responsible investment and sustainable development Smart cities and sustainable development Social and environmental audit Stakeholder engagement and sustainable development Sustainability accounting, accountability and reporting Sustainability assurance Sustainable development and the UN SDGs Sustainable development risks and opportunities Water accounting and management

Corporate governance journals

Board Leadership: Policy Governance in Action Peer reviewed What to expect in Board Leadership • Articles written by top experts and consultants from around the world • Explanations and descriptions of specific approaches to board governance • Examples of different governance models in action • Reports of new governance research • Contrasting viewpoints on specific governance issues • Challenges to the status quo of board governance • New developments in technology affecting board governance • Book reviews • News on board governance-related conferences, seminars, webinars, and other events
Corporate Governance Not peer reviewed
Corporate Governance Not peer reviewed Board composition and nomination, the role of institutional investors, board incentives, risk management and supervision and enforcement.
Corporate Governance Advisor Not peer reviewed A bimonthly journal providing news and analytical coverage of corporate governance issues. Monitors current developments in Congress, the state legislatures, state and Federal regulatory agencies, and securities exchanges.
Corporate Governance eJournal Peer reviewed Established in 2005 by the Centre for Commercial Law, the Corporate Governance eJournal (Bond) is an Australian journal on corporate management law. The eJournal has an international and comparative law focus.
Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society Peer reviewed The journal covers a broad spectrum of governance-related themes including: Effective boardroom performance Control and regulation Executive leadership The role and contribution of external (non-executive) directors The growing importance of governance in the wake of ever-greater corporate scandals Redefinitions and reassessments of corporate governance models The role of business in society The changing nature of the relationship and responsibilities of the firm towards various stakeholders The incentives required to encourage more socially- and environmentally-responsible corporate action The role and impact of local and international regulatory agencies and regimes on corporate behaviour.
Corporate Governance: An International Review Peer reviewed We seek to learn about both the antecedents and effects of corporate governance practices, policies, and principles throughout the world from an interdisciplinary “conversation”.
Economics of Governance Peer reviewed Provides information on the internal organization of firms, corporate governance, the private provision of public goods, local public policies, relations across levels of government, public expenditure and regulation, and problems of credibility and enforcement of international agreements.
Estudios de la OCDE sobre Gobernanza Pública Not peer reviewed Al analizar cómo funciona la administración pública de un país, estos estudios se centran en la cooperación interdepartamental, las relaciones entre los niveles de gobierno y con los ciudadanos y las empresas, la innovación y la calidad de los servicios públicos, y el impacto de la tecnología de la información en las actividades del gobierno y su interacción con las empresas y los ciudadanos.
International Journal of Disclosure and Governance Peer reviewed
Journal of Business Systems, Governance and Ethics Peer reviewed The Journal of Law and Governance is an on-line peer reviewed journal whose purpose is to facilitate the publication of research articles in the related fields of Law, Business Systems, Corporate Governance and Ethical issues arising from these areas.
Journal of Governance and Regulation Peer reviewed The journal has been established to publish high quality theoretical and empirical studies in governance and regulation with application to both macro and microeconomic issues.
Journal of Management and Governance Peer reviewed
Regulation & Governance Peer reviewed Regulation & Governance publishes significant new studies of regulatory governance, review articles on major lines of research in the field, and occasional shorter essays exploring new insights and directions for study.