Bibliometric synthesis analyzes the relationship between ethics and performance in organizations, suggesting new insights for effective governance.
Key Points
The aim is to clarify the concept of organizational integrity and its relationship with ethics and performance within management research.
Conducted a bibliometric analysis of 1741 peer-reviewed publications, indexed in Scopus and Web of Science over the last 80 years.
Combined co-citation analysis and bibliographic coupling to map thematic structures within the field.
Implemented rigorous data cleaning for robust analysis.
Identified two foundational dimensions: ethics and performance.
Outlined four key research clusters: ethical leadership and strategic alignment; public regulation and professional ethics; organizational behavior and ethical paradoxes; information management and digital ethics.
Clarified the challenges organizations face in balancing ethical accountability with performance in digital and global contexts.