This study examines a sample of 341 corporations that were ranked in the Fortune 500 in all seven years from 2006 through 2012. We compiled data from multiple corporate recognition lists including the following: the Most Admired Companies, the Most Ethical Companies, the Best Companies to Work for, and the Best Corporate Citizens. Our findings indicate that the higher the percentage of women on a company's board of directors, the more likely the company is to appear on these lists. We also found that the average percentage of women directors for the listed companies was significantly higher than the average percentage of women directors for the companies that did not appear on any of these lists over the period from of the lists had a higher average representation of women (18.1% versus 14%) on their boards (t = 5.02, p < 0.0001, two-tailed test). Our results do not change if we compare overall percentages. Of the 15 385 directors for the 184 firms that appeared on one or more of the lists, there were 2786 female directors (18.1%) for the seven-year period. This compares to a female representation of 14.3% (1711/12 007) for the 157 corporations that did not appear any of the lists. The difference in the gross percentages (18.1% versus 14.3%) is significant (t = 5.37, p > 0.0001). Women on Boards and Social Responsibility

This study examines the influence of women in business using a sample of firms on Fortune's “100 Best Companies to Work For” list and is an extension of Bernardi et al.'s work. We use the data from Bernardi et al. to determine whether a higher representation of women on a board signals an increased commitment of a firm to a quality environment and employment characteristics necessary to establish the firm on Fortune's “100 Best Companies to Work For” list. Our findings include a significant increase in the number of female directors on Fortune 500 companies between 1977 and 2001. The initial analysis of the 27 firms appearing on both Fortune's “100 Best Companies to Work For” list and the Fortune 500 in 2001 indicates a positive correlation between the number of female directors and a company's appearance on the “100 Best Companies to Work For” list.

This study uses theories of moral reasoning and moral competence to investigate how university codes of ethics, perceptions of ethical culture, academic pressure from significant others, and ethics pedagogy are related to the moral development of students. Results suggest that ethical codes and student perceptions of such codes affect their perceptions of the ethical nature of the cultures within these institutions. In addition, faculty and student discussion of ethics in business courses is significantly and positively related to moral competence among students. Our results point to the need to further examine the connections among academic institutional structures, ethics pedagogy, and students’ moral development. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007business education, ethical culture, ethics teaching, moral competence, moral judgment, moral reasoning,

This study examines the association between the number of women directors on a company ' s board of directors and the company ' s appearance on Ethisphere Magazine ' s ' World ' s MostEthical Companies ' list. This research extends the work of Bernardi et al. (2002) on female directors in Fortune 500 companies and Bernardi et al. (2006) dealing with the association between female representation on corporate boards of directors and Fortune ' s 100 ' Best Companies ' list. We found that having a higher percentage of women on the board of directors of a Fortune ' s 500 company associated with the corporation being listed on Ethisphere Magazine ' s ' World ' s Most Ethical Companies ' list.

The goal of this research was to determine the manner in which Hofstede's uncertainty avoidance construct has been incorporated into international research. Hofstede's work is often referenced in this realm of work, but how, specifically, is it used? This study provides a framework of this dimension from Hofstede's work that other researchers can use as a resource for planning articles and/or as a benchmark upon which to develop further studies. During our data gathering, we identified 118 articles in the Journal of International Business Studies (i.e., the outlet for his initial article) that used Hofstede's uncertainty avoidance. Three articles mentioned uncertainty avoidance in the research notes and 15 used uncertainty avoidance to support positions taken in the literature review. Forty-one articles used uncertainty avoidance while explaining their research hypotheses. Of the remaining 59 articles, 29 used Hofstede's data to compare countries using composite indices, and 30 used uncertainty avoidance as an independent or control variable.