{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox journal | title = Business Ethics Quarterly | cover =Business_Ethics_Quarterly_(BEQ)_journal_cover.jpg | editor = Bruce Barry | discipline = [[Business ethics]] | abbreviation = Bus. Ethics Q. | publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]] | country = United States | frequency = Quarterly | history = 1991–present | impact = 5.988 | impact-year = 2020 | website = http://journals.cambridge.org/BEQ | link2 = | link2-name = | link3 = | link3-name = | OCLC = 38554432 | JSTOR = 1052150X | LCCN = 93-648250 | CODEN = | ISSN = 1052-150X | eISSN = 2153-3326 }} '''''Business Ethics Quarterly''''' is a [[Peer review|peer-reviewed]] [[academic journal]] that publishes theoretical and [[empirical research]] relevant to all aspects of [[business ethics]]. It publishes articles and reviews on a broad range of topics, including the internal ethics of business organizations, the role of business organizations in larger social, [[politics|political]], and cultural frameworks, and the ethical quality of [[free market|market]]-based societies and market-based relationships. ''Business Ethics Quarterly'' is the official journal of the [[Society for Business Ethics]] and is published on a [[non-profit]] basis by the [[Cambridge University Press]]. The [[editor-in-chief]] are Frank den Hond, ([[Hanken School of Economics]]) and Mollie Painter, ([[Nottingham Trent University]]).

In November 2024, Business Ethics Quarterly was downgraded on Academic Journal Guide (AJG) from the Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) list, going from a ABS 4 to a ABS 3.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Academic Journal Guide |url=https://charteredabs.org/academic-journal-guide |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=Chartered Association of Business Schools |language=en}}</ref>

== Abstracting and indexing == The journal is abstracted and indexed by: {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} * [[ABI/INFORM]] * [[ATLA Religion Database]] * [[Business ASAP]] * [[Business Source]] * [[Business & Corporate Resource Center]] * [[Business Periodicals Index]] * [[Corporate ResourceNet]] * [[Dow Jones Insight]] * [[Emerald Reviews]] * [[Index Philosophicus]] * [[International Bibliography of the Social Sciences]] * [[MEDLINE]] * [[PAIS International]] * [[Philosopher's Index]] * [[Philosophy Research Index]] * [[PhilPapers]] * [[ProQuest]] Social Science Journals * [[Public Affairs Index]] * [[Scopus]] * [[Social Sciences Citation Index]] * [[Wilson Business Abstracts]] {{div col end}}

According to the ''[[Journal Citation Reports]]'', the journal has a 2020 2-year [[impact factor]] of 3.719, ranking it 6th out of 54 journals in the category "Ethics" and 85th of 153 journals in the category "business".<ref>[https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/business-ethics-quarterly/information/impact-rankings Journal website]</ref>

== See also == * [[List of ethics journals]]

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{Official website|http://journals.cambridge.org/BEQ}} * [http://www.societyforbusinessethics.org/ Society for Business Ethics] * https://charteredabs.org/academic-journal-guide

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