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Make business ethics a cumulative science

Business ethics research is not currently a cumulative science, but it must become one. The benefits to humanity from research that helps firms improve their ethics could be enormous, especially if that research also shows that strong ethics improves the effectiveness of companies.

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Haidt, J., Trevino, L. Make business ethics a cumulative science. Nat Hum Behav 1, 0027 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-016-0027

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