The Is and Ought of Business Ethics: Empirical Evidence and Normative Arguments Brought into Dialogue

Research on morality and business has flourished, offering fascinating insights into how individuals and organizations behave and strong arguments for how they should behave. Despite these advances, a significant gap remains: empirical research often focuses on what is, while normative scholarship addresses what ought to be, with limited dialogue between the two.

To tackle pressing ethical challenges in business, we need better integration of empirical insights and normative arguments. Positive research cannot offer complete guidance without normative grounding, just as normative theories must account for practical constraints. Bridging these perspectives is essential for impactful business ethics research.

This conference, The Is and Ought of Business Ethics: Empirical Evidence and Normative Arguments Brought into Dialogue, provides a platform to unite scholars from both empirical and normative traditions. We invite submissions from diverse disciplines (e.g., management, philosophy, behavioral economics, psychology) and methodologies (e.g., experiments, surveys, theory-building). Papers should explore the boundaries of their methods, facilitate empirical-normative exchange, and/or propose collaborative research paths.

Submission deadline is April 15th. For further Information, click here.