2023
Winner: Alan D. Morrison, Rita Mota, William J. Wilhelm, Jr.
“Relationships, Authority, and Reasons: A Second-Personal Account of Corporate Moral Agency” Business Ethics Quarterly, 32(2), 322-347.
Finalist: Tae Wan Kim, Bryan R. Routledge
“Why a Right to Explanation of Algorithmic Decision-Making Should Exist: A Trust-Based Approach” Business Ethics Quarterly, 32(1), 75-102.
Finalist: Juliane Reinecke, Jimmy Donaghey
“Transnational Representation in Global Labour Governance and the Politics of Input Legitimacy” Business Ethics Quarterly, 32(3), 438-474.
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2022
Winner: Vikram R. Bhargava and Manuel Velasquez
“Ethics of the Attention Economy: The Problem of Social Media Addiction” Business Ethics Quarterly, 31(3), 321-359.
Finalist: Claudia Eger
“Equality and Gender at Work in Islam: The Case of the Berber Population of the High Atlas Mountains” Business Ethics Quarterly, 31(2), 210-241.
Finalist: Michael A. Johnson, Manuela Priesemuth, and Bailey Bigelow
“Making Sense of ‘Good’ and ‘Bad’: A Deonance and Fairness Approach to Abusive Supervision and Prosocial Impact” Business Ethics Quarterly, 31(3), 386-420.
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2021
Winner: Daniel Arenas, Laura Albareda, and Jennifer Goodman
“Contestation in Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives: Enhancing the Democratic Quality of Transnational Governance” Business Ethics Quarterly, 30(2), 169-199.
Finalist: Harrison Frye
“The Ethics of Noncompete Clauses” Business Ethics Quarterly, 30(2), 229-249.
Finalist: Christian Linder and Siavash Farahbakhsh
“Unfolding the Black Box of Questionable Research Practices: Where Is the Line Between Acceptable and Unacceptable Practices?” Business Ethics Quarterly, 30(3), 335-360.
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2020
Winner: Santiago Mejia
“Weeding Out Flawed Versions of Shareholder Primacy: A Reflection on the Moral Obligations That Carry Over From Principals to Agents” Business Ethics Quarterly, 29(4), 519-544.
Finalist: Vivek Soundararajan, Jill A. Brown, and Andrew C. Wicks
“Can Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives Improve Global Supply Chains? Improving Deliberative Capacity with a Stakeholder Orientation” Business Ethics Quarterly, 29(3), 385-412.
Finalist: Robert C. Hughes
“Paying People to Risk Life or Limb” Business Ethics Quarterly, 29(3), 295-316.
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2019
Winner: Rutger Claassen and Anna Gerbrandy
“Doing Good Together: Competition Law and the Political Legitimacy of Interfirm Cooperation” Business Ethics Quarterly, 28(4), 401-425.
Finalist: Iain Munro and Torkild Thanem
“The Ethics of Affective Leadership: Organizing Good Encounters Without Leaders” Business Ethics Quarterly, 28(1), 51-69.
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2018
Winner: Lauren McCarthy
“Empowering Women through Corporate Social Responsibility: A Feminist Foucauldian Critique” Business Ethics Quarterly, 27(4), 603-631
Finalist: Cameron Sabadoz and Abraham Singer
“Talk Ain’t Cheap: Political CSR and the Challenges of Corporate Deliberation” Business Ethics Quarterly, 27(2), 183-211
Finalist: Sareh Pouryousefi and Jeff Frooman
“The Problem of Unilateralism in Agency Theory: Towards a Bilateral Formulation” Business Ethics Quarterly, 27(2), 163-182
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2017
Winner: Jessica A. Kennedy, Tae Wan Kim and Alan Strudler
“Hierarchies and Dignity: A Confucian Communitarian Approach” Business Ethics Quarterly, 24(6), 479-502
Finalist: Leena Lankoski, N. Craig Smith and Luk Van Wassenhove
“Stakeholder Judgments of Value” Business Ethics Quarterly, 26(2), 227-256
Finalist: Alejo Jose G. Sison, Ignacio Ferrero and Gregorio Guitian
“Human Dignity and the Dignity of Work: Insights from Catholic Social Teaching” Business Ethics Quarterly, 26(4), 503-528
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2016
Winner: James Dempsey
“Moral Responsibility, Shared Values, and Corporate Culture” Business Ethics Quarterly, 25(3): 319-340
Finalist: Jennifer Goodman and Daniel Arenas
“Engaging Ethically: A Discourse Ethics Perspective on Social shareholder Engagement” Business Ethics Quarterly, 25(2): 163-189
Finalist: Danielle E. Warren, Marietta Peytcheva and Joseph P. Gaspar
“When Ethical Tones at the Top Conflict: Adapting Priority Rules to Reconcile Conflicting Tones” Business Ethics Quarterly, 25(4): 559-582
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2015
Winner: Tae Wan Kim
“Decent Termination: A Moral Case for Severance Pay” Business Ethics Quarterly, 24(2): 203-227
Finalist: Joshua Preiss
“Global Labor Justice and the Limits of Economic Analysis” Business Ethics Quarterly, 24(1): 55-83
Finalist: Pablo Garcia-Ruiz and Carlos Rodriguez-Lluesma
“Consumption Practices: A Virtue Ethics Approach” Business Ethics Quarterly, 24(4): 509-531
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2014
Winner: Thomas M. Jones and Will Felps
“Stakeholder Happiness Enhancement: A Neo-Utilitarian Objective for the Modern Corporation” Business Ethics Quarterly, 23(3): 349-379
Finalist: Philipp Schreck, Dominik van Aaken and Thomas Donaldson
“Positive Economics and the Normativistic Fallacy: Bridging the Two Sides of CSR” Business Ethics Quarterly, 23(2): 297-329.
Finalist: Pete Tashman and Jonathan Raelin
“Who and What Really Matters to the Firm: Moving Stakeholder Salience beyond Managerial Perception” Business Ethics Quarterly, 23(4): 591-616
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2013
Winner: Florian Wettstein
“CSR and the Debate on Business and Human Rights” Business Ethics Quarterly, 22 (4): 739-770
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2012
Winner: Jeffery Smith and Wim Dubbink
“Understanding the Role of Moral Principles in Business Ethics: A Kantian Perspective” Business Ethics Quarterly, 21(2): 205-231
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2011
Winner: Jeremy Snyder
“Exploitation and Sweatshop Labour: Perspectives and Issues” Business Ethics Quarterly, 20(2): 187-213
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2010
Winner: David M. Wasieleski and Sefa Hayibor
“Evolutionary Psychology and Business Ethics Research” Business Ethics Quarterly, 19(4): 587-616
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2009
Winner: Ruodan Shao, Karl Aquino and Dan Freeman
“Beyond moral reasoning: A review of moral identity research and its implications for business ethics” Business Ethics Quarterly, 18(4): 513-540