Business Ethics in Africa: The Role of Institutional Context, Social Relevance, and Development Challenges

Adeleye, I.; Luiz, J.; Muthuri, Judy; Amaeshi, K.

Abstract

Business ethics in Africa, as a field of research, practice, and teaching, has grown rapidly over the last two decades or so, covering a wide variety of topical issues, including corporate social responsibility, governance, and social entrepreneurship. Building on this progress, and to further advance the field, this special issue addresses four broad areas that cover important, under-researched or newly emerging phenomena in Africa: culture, ethics and leadership; business, society and institutions; corruption, anti-corruption and governance; and philanthropy, social entrepreneurship and impact investing. In addition to advancing research by addressing some of the imbalances and gaps in the extant literature, this special issue draws attention to indigenous African theories, models and firms. Some challenges facing business ethics, as a field of practice and teaching in Africa, are also highlighted. The paper concludes with a summary of the eight articles in this special issue.

Citation

Adeleye, I., Luiz, J., Muthuri, J., & Amaeshi, K. (2020). Business Ethics in Africa: The Role of Institutional Context, Social Relevance, and Development Challenges. Journal of Business Ethics, 161(4), 717–729. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-019-04338-x

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Oct 29, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Nov 14, 2019
• Publication Date: 2020-02
• Deposit Date: Nov 4, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 15, 2020
• Journal: Journal of Business Ethics
• Print ISSN: 0167-4544
• Electronic ISSN: 1573-0697
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 161
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 717–729
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-019-04338-x
• Keywords: Africa; Cross-cultural ethics; Ethical leadership; Corporate social responsibility; Anti-corruption; Philanthropy; Social entrepreneurship; Impact investing
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3050770
• Publisher URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-019-04338-x
• Additional Information: This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Journal of Business Ethics. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-019-04338-x
• Contract Date: Nov 4, 2019