Mapping The Nexus of Corruption and Business Ethics: A Bibliometric Study

Business ethics and corruption are closely related aspects of the social and corporate environment that are regularly monitored by the international community. Corruption has several harmful repercussions for individuals, organizations, and societies. Even while organizations are fighting corruption with increasing intensity, it cannot be eliminated. This scenario has drawn scholars from numerous disciplines to this subject. In accordance with the significance of the field, there are numerous established research projects and reviews in the field, but no bibliometric study has yet been conducted at the intersection of corruption and business ethics. Our study fills this gap and makes a direct contribution to the field by examining 990 articles from the Web of Science core collection published between 1980 and 2022. Using citation, co-words, and co-citation analyses, we aim to illustrate the conceptual, intellectual, and social structure of the field. The findings of the study may be helpful to scholars since this show both the current performance of authors, documents, and journals, as well as the progression of themes.