Indeed, as shown by a simple yet nifty study by Marc Orlitzky, recently published in Business Ethics Quarterly, articles published on this topic in Management journals report a statistical relationship between the two variables which is about twice as big as the ones reported in Economics, Finance, or Accounting journals.

FORBES: Publication Bias (or, Why You Can't Trust Any of the Research You Read)

There is a long way to go until we have a settled approach to business ethics, and the end result will undoubtedly be specific to business and not be a simple reworking of the Hippocratic oath.

ECONOMIST: The lazy days of summer