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Special Issue on Intimate Partner Violence and Business

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The link between intimate partner violence (IPV) and business responsibility is under-investigated and under-theorized. This special issue brings ethical inquiry into how IPV impacts and is impacted by business. Based on a framework that distinguishes the assumed role of the organization (firm/market responsibility; socio-political responsibility) and ethical position (justice/fairness; ethics of care), Karam, Greenwood, Kauzlarich, O'Leary Kelly and Wilcox (2003) maps three contributions. First, Branicki, Kalfa, Pullen and Brammer (2023) explore institutional, stakeholder and organizational influences on corporate IPV responsiveness in Australia. Second, Scott (2023) questions the responsibility of financial institutions to recognize forms of IPV as financial abuse and to put in place policies and practices to mitigate this form of systemic harm. Third, Hearn, Hall, Lewis and Niemisto (2023) examine the intersection between digital and non-digital experiences of violence in the context of today’s blurring of work-life boundaries. Our call to action is for business ethics researchers and practitioners to embrace the discomfort and the challenges, explore and unpack the nuances and push forward the possibilities for effective and responsible interventions and preventions.

Table of Contents

Intimate Partner Violence and Business: Exploring the Boundaries of Ethical Enquiry Charlotte M. Karam, Michelle Greenwood, Laura Kauzlarich, Anne O’Leary Kelly & Tracy Wilcox

Corporate Responses to Intimate Partner Violence Layla Branicki, Senia Kalfa, Alison Pullen & Stephen Brammer

lFinancial Abuse in a Banking Context: Why and How Financial Institutions can Respond Ayesha Scott

The Spread of Digital Intimate Partner Violence: Ethical Challenges for Business, Workplaces, Employers and Management Jeff Hearn, Matthew Hall, Ruth Lewis & Charlotta Niemistö

Editors

  • Tracy Wilcox Tracy Wilcox , 

    Tracy Wilcox

    University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

  • Charlotte Karam Charlotte Karam , 

    Charlotte Karam

    University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

  • Laura Kauzlarich Laura Kauzlarich , 

    Laura Kauzlarich

    Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, USA

  • Anne O’Leary Kelly Anne O’Leary Kelly  &

    Anne O’Leary Kelly

    University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA

  • Michelle Greenwood Michelle Greenwood

    Michelle Greenwood

    Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

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