Journal of Management History

Citation

(2006), "Journal of Management History", Journal of Management History, Vol. 12 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/jmh.2006.15812aaa.001

Journal of Management History

Journal of Management History

Business ethics from the industrial revolution to the 1960s

BackgroundThe past is never fully gone. It is absorbed into the present and the future. It stays to shape what we are and what we do(Sir William Deane, August 1996, Inaugural Lingiari Lecture)

In his inaugural editorial, David Lamond began with the above quote, to provide a guiding star for the way he hopes the Journal of Management History will unfold. It also provides a basis for understanding the purpose of this special issue – to identify and chronicle the ways in which contributions by early writers in business ethics have informed current understanding and/or can illuminate the future development of ethical ideas that impact the management of complex organizations.

Accordingly, I am looking for contributions that reflect on the historical development of ethical concepts and practices, with a view to how they inform the present and ``shape what we are and what we do'' as management researchers and practitioners. The intent of this Special Issue is to highlight the often neglected historical roots of business ethics. This includes examination or re-examination of established historical business ethics concepts; the importance of the historical perspective in understanding contemporary business ethics teaching and practice; the influence of early writing in business ethics such as the papal encyclical Rerum Novarum (1891), Upton Sinclair's The Jungle (1906), the writings of A.T. Hadley and G.W. Alger's Morals in Modern Business (1909); and historical aspects that provide the foundation for accepted perspectives in business ethics.

Operations, submission, and selectionThe Journal of Management History will publish a special issue of selected papers submitted independently for consideration for this special issue. The special issue will be edited by me and will appear under the title of "Business Ethics from the Industrial Revolution to the 1960s." It is scheduled for Volume 13 Issue 1 in 2007.

PapersSubmission of the full paper is required by 1 May 2006 for consideration for the special issue. All submissions will undergo a double-blind refereed selection process. For style guidelines please see: www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/jmh/notes.htm. Please e-mail your papers to: Professor Paul Govekar, D.B.A.; Special Issue Editor, Journal of Management History, College of Business Administration, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH, USA, E-mail: p-govekar@onu.edu