Society and Business Review: Volume 11 Issue 1

Bringing value to waste in developing countries: Case study of two independent islands (Vanuatu and Haiti)

Muriel Degobert, Samantha Brangeon

This paper aims to analyse the link that exists between “waste” and “resource” in two developing nations where waste is widely available in the public realm and where economic…

The banality of bad leadership and followership

John Solas

The purpose of this paper is to highlight the loss of moral capital incurred by an organization from indifferent or deferential followers of bad leaders. Despite the proliferation…

Consumer action in response to ethical violations by service operations firms: The impact of heterogeneity

Max Chipulu, Udechukwu Ojiako, Alasdair Marshall

The purpose of this study is to examine whether individual demographic and socio-cultural factors affect actions taken by consumers in relation to ethical violations and failure…

From bush to butchery: cattle rustling as an entrepreneurial process in Kenya

Emmanuel K. Bunei, Gerard McElwee, Robert Smith

The purpose of this paper is to provide an analysis of the changing practices of cattle rustling in Kenya from a relatively small isolated and opportunistic activity to a much…

Beyond the leader-centric approach: Leadership phenomena and aesthetics in a conductorless orchestra

Gaelle Beau

The purpose of this paper is to go beyond the leader-centric approach to highlight the shared leadership phenomena happening in organizations where there is no head leader. Seeing…

An apprenticeship to pleasure: aesthetics dynamics in organizational learning

Jean-Luc Moriceau, Isabela Paes

The purpose of this paper is to show what we can learn from an aesthetics perspective on organizational learning, and especially about some power dynamics unseeable with other…

The failure of business ethics

Zsolt Boda, Laszlo Zsolnai

This paper aims to investigate the systemic causes of the failure of business ethics (BE) and suggest some possible remedies. The discipline and the movement of BE has at least…