Algorithmic ethics in corporate contexts: Knowledge mapping for responsible management

The incorporation of algorithmic systems into organizations is reconfiguring decision-making processes and raising new ethical challenges related to transparency, impartiality, and accountability. This study maps the field of algorithmic ethics in organizational contexts through a co-citation–based bibliometric analysis of 1,437 Web of Science publications (search conducted on August 20, 2025). The analysis identifies 12 thematic clusters and reveals a robust intellectual structure, with high modularity ( Q  = 0.726) and a high weighted mean silhouette value ( S  = 0.894). The findings highlight the centrality of algorithmic management, responsible artificial intelligence, and explainability, as well as bridging works that connect technical, normative, and management-oriented perspectives. The study advances an integrative conceptual model and a future research agenda that point to the emergence of algorithmic ethics as an institutional logic of organizational governance. For managers, the results underscore the need to embed algorithmic ethics within organizational decision-making and control systems.

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  2026

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  Journal of Management & Organization

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  2026-02-23

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  DOI 10.1017/jmo.2026.10089
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