01About This Special Issue
This Ethical Challenges in the 21st Century issue focuses on actors, trends, phenomena as well as processes of businesses of the 21st Century from the point of view of business ethics. The issue involves papers on various aspects of business ethics, namely ethical HR, IT, customer and partner relations. The issue endeavors to present the whole spectrum of business ethics from various stakeholders’ perspective. The Issue also encompasses researches on sustainability and organizational safety and security as hot topics connected to ethical decision making. Since it is important to investigate, whether company size or national culture influences the perceived meaning of business ethics, a contingencialist viewpoint will be imposed upon present issue and its papers. The scope of papers expected is rather wide, however the aim and purpose is clear – namely to provide an ethical compass to decision makers of SMEs and bigger companies and guide those willing to make ethical decisions.Aim and scopes:
1. Trends in SCR and business ethics
2. Ethical concerns in stakeholder relations
3. Ethical data and information management
4. Ethical (entrepreneurial) decisions
02Meet the Guest Editors
Our distinguished editors bring deep subject-matter expertise to curate high-quality research and ensure a rigorous peer-review process.
Lead Guest Editor
Ildikó Marosi
Keleti Faculty of Business Administration and Management, Óbuda University, Budapest, Hungary
Guest Editor
Kornélia Lazányi
Óbuda University, Keleti Faculty of Business and Management, Budapest, Hungary, Hungary
Guest Editor
habil. István Takács Károly
Róbert Károly College, Institute of Business Sciences, Gyöngyös, Hungary, Hungary
Guest Editor
habil. Andrea Bencsik
Budapest Business School, Faculty of Economics, Zalaegerszeg, Hungary, Hungary
Guest Editor
Hana Stojanová
Mendel University, Department of Management, Brno, Czech Republic, Czech Republic
Guest Editor
Kaija Arhio
Centria University of Applied Sciences, Ylivieska Unit,, Ylivieska, Finland, Finland
Guest Editor
Pascal Ricordel
Universite du Havre, IUT, Gestion des Entreprises et des Administrations, Le Havre, France, France
Guest Editor
Kornelia Lazanyi
Institute for Oganisation and Management, Óbuda University, Budapest, Hungary
Guest Editor
Csilla Mile
Institutional Departments of Management Studies, Kodolanyi Janos University of Applied Sciences, Szekesfehervar, Hungary
Guest Editor
Florin Duma
Faculty of European Studies, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Guest Editor
Florin Duma
Babeş-Bolyai University, Faculty of European Studies, Cluj Napoca, Romania
03Published Articles
The following articles have been published in this special issue.
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Ethics in the Age of Cyber Crime and Cyber War
Issue: Volume 4, Issue 1-1, January 2016Pages: 29-35Received: 30 November 2015Accepted: 7 December 2015Published: 3 September 2016DOI: 10.11648/j.sjbm.s.2016040101.15Downloads:Views:Abstract: We have been given new challenges by the “Information Age”. In the virtual world of cyber crime, cyber warfare and Big Brother, where the power of formal law is doubtful, where club law dominates, where we has had not enough time to develop well-established formal and informal rules yet, one of our greatest challenge is to form the new rules for th... Show More -
Why Can Vietnamese Family Businesses Operate as Social Responsible Entrepreneurs
Issue: Volume 4, Issue 1-1, January 2016Pages: 22-28Received: 30 November 2015Accepted: 18 December 2015Published: 13 May 2016DOI: 10.11648/j.sjbm.s.2016040101.14Downloads:Views:Abstract: In social responsible enterprises is a special emphasis on how they relate to stakeholders, and who are considered the most important ones. It is also conceived what targets will be set, and what behave in a way, what actions they want to take to achieve them. Moreover, there have some differencies between Asian and European cultures. Hence, it lea... Show More -
The Effect of Religiosity and Personality on Work Ethics: A Case of Muslim Managers
Issue: Volume 4, Issue 1-1, January 2016Pages: 1-9Received: 11 October 2015Accepted: 6 February 2016Published: 13 May 2016DOI: 10.11648/j.sjbm.s.2016040101.11Downloads:Views:Abstract: The study of the Muslim managers’ religiosity, personality and behavior has been underdeveloped. In this study, we examined the impact of religiosity, personality and behavior on Islamic work ethics. We posited that Islamic religiosity impacts on Islamic work ethics, personality and behavior positively. We also hypothesized that personality and beh... Show More -
Stressed Out by the Information and Communication Technologies of the 21st Century
Issue: Volume 4, Issue 1-1, January 2016Pages: 10-14Received: 30 November 2015Accepted: 18 December 2015Published: 13 May 2016DOI: 10.11648/j.sjbm.s.2016040101.12Downloads:Views:Abstract: Human-computer relation and interaction have been areas of significant interest in the last decades. While computers are supposed to increase the physical, cognitive and communication capacities of their users their perception is still multifarious. For most of the users computers are either godsend helps that aid humans with difficult tasks, or my... Show More -
Career Directives for the New Generation of Engineers
Issue: Volume 4, Issue 1-1, January 2016Pages: 15-21Received: 30 November 2015Accepted: 13 December 2015Published: 13 May 2016DOI: 10.11648/j.sjbm.s.2016040101.13Downloads:Views:Abstract: Based on the fact that structural unemployment is a part of the Hungarian present, it is very important to figure out, understand and identify the differences between demand and supply on the national labour market. The technical studies are the second popular on national level in 2015, while 45% of the employers emphasise recruiting problems in th... Show More
