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R. Edward Freeman

Decision Sciences · Indiana University

OpenAlex ORCID
Established · publishing since 1975Rising activity
Ethics in Business and EducationManagement and Organizational StudiesCorporate Social Responsibility ReportingManagement Theory and PracticeEconomic Theory and Institutions

Publications

517

Citations

65,393

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

50

Publishing since 1975

Research summary
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R. Edward Freeman studies business ethics and how companies should account for the interests of everyone affected by their operations—customers, employees, communities, suppliers, and others—rather than shareholders alone. This body of work centers on stakeholder theory, examining how firms can create value for multiple groups at once and connect ethical thinking to everyday management. Recent writing also addresses corporate social responsibility, ethical failures in organizations, and business education.

Stakeholder theoryBusiness ethicsCorporate social responsibilityValue creation for multiple groupsManagement theory and education

Publication activity has been uneven across the decade, with large spikes in some years (notably 2017 and 2023) and fewer outputs in others, averaging about 16 publications per year over the last five years.

Generated by claude-opus-4-8 from public bibliographic data · Jul 9, 2026

In context
Among 84 established Decision Sciences PIs within our index
Citations: 65,393cohort median 1,631
h-index: 70cohort median 20
Publications / year (recent): 16.2cohort median 2.7

Typically publishes in teams of ~3 · 78% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 35 venues

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 16.2/year recently
2017: 50 publications172018: 12 publications182019: 16 publications192020: 13 publications202021: 20 publications212022: 9 publications222023: 68 publications68232024: 4 publications242526
Collaborators per year
Distinct co-authors at Indiana University each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.
2017: 0 collaborators at the same institution2018: 0 collaborators at the same institution2019: 0 collaborators at the same institution2020: 0 collaborators at the same institution2021: 0 collaborators at the same institution2022: 0 collaborators at the same institution2023: 0 collaborators at the same institution2024: 1 collaborator at the same institution2025: 0 collaborators at the same institution1719212325
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Issues in business ethics×62
  • SSRN Electronic Journal×37
  • Columbia University Press eBooks×7
  • Cambridge University Press eBooks×6
  • Yale University Press eBooks×6
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 27, 2026.

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