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Open research questions in Business Law and Ethics

112 gap statements mined from Business Law and Ethics papers in our 4.5M-paper local library, which holds 1,574 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.

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  • The lack of understanding of the legal position of minors in partnerships. The need to evaluate the effectiveness of the present framework in protecting minors against exploitation and financial danger.

    MINOR AS A PARTNER: RIGHTS, LIABILITIES, AND LEGAL PROTECTION · 2026 · DOI

  • The superscripts ***, **, and * indicate statistical significance at the 1%, 5%, and 10% levels, respectively, in a two-tailed test the research on the determinants of workplace safety, a topic of growing interest in business ethics and management, by emphasizing CEO pay duration, an underexplored aspect of compensation that reflects the vesting period of most executive pay.

    CEO Incentive Horizon and Employee Workplace Safety · 2026 · DOI

  • The study had limited ability to perform complex statistical analyses due to little variation in responses. The study had to contend with the issue of qualified satisfaction, where respondents were satisfied with services despite lacking resources.

    Navigating Compliance and Culture: How University Administrators Perceive Title IX Resources · 2026 · DOI

  • The paper identifies a gap in the discussion of LLM foreign policy, specifically regarding its justifiability and the need to consider distributive effects and domination-related concerns. The gap is that prior work has not fully addressed the normative implications of using LLMs as a foreign-policy tool.

    LLMs as a Foreign-Policy Tool: Justification, Global Distribution, and Global Domination · 2026 · DOI

  • The gap is related to the legislative level and the need for definition of the specifics of guardianship over property. The paper identifies a need for further scientific research.

    PECULIARITIES OF THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION OF LEGAL RELATIONS FOR THE EXERCISE OF GUARDIANSHIP OVER THE PROPERTY OF ADULT INCAPACITATED PERSONS AND PERSONS WHOSE LEGAL CAPACITY IS LIMITED · 2023 · DOI

  • This high burden of proof not only forces employees with limited information to analyze an employer's multifaceted motivations, but also it allows employers to skirt around Title VII liability.

    Protecting Title VII's Antiretaliation Provision in the Wake of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar · 2015

  • Future research could explore the impact of corporate social responsibility on businesses. It could examine the effectiveness of the 'litigation audit' concept in navigating legal issues.

    MANAGING CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILIY IN A CHANGING LEGAL ENVIRONMENT · 1987 · DOI

  • It highlights the need for a new approach to corporate social responsibility.

    MANAGING CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILIY IN A CHANGING LEGAL ENVIRONMENT · 1987 · DOI

  • The traditional Rational Actor model is limited in its ability to explain organizational behavior. There is a need to consider alternative models of organizational decision-making.

    ORGANIZATIONS AND THE LAW · 1987 · DOI

  • American Business Law Journal Assuming that the erosion of the traditional employment-at-will doctrine is desirable, however, another question remains to be considered.

    ANOTHER EXCEPTION UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT‐AT‐WILL DOCTRINE: BOWMAN V. STATE BANK. · 1986 · DOI

  • The paper identifies the challenge of ensuring that the requirement of leave to appeal is operated efficiently and fairly. The paper also notes the challenge of balancing the need to prevent frivolous and needless appeals with the need to ensure that justice is not denied to litigants. The paper identifies the challenge of reforming the system to ensure that it is fair and efficient.

    Leave to appeal in civil cases · 1985 · DOI

  • There is a gap in the certification process for court-connected mediators in California. The Code of Civil Procedures does not address mediator skills and/or training.

    Ethical standards for court‐connected mediators · 1985 · DOI

  • The challenge of balancing the need to protect particular cases with the need for freedom of publication. The challenge of addressing the limitations and inconsistencies of the previous law.

    Contempt, the strict liability rule and the contempt of court act 1981 · 1983 · DOI

  • The law on criminal contempt had until this point been largely developed by first instance courts unsupervised by appellate courts. The previous law had limitations and inconsistencies.

    Contempt, the strict liability rule and the contempt of court act 1981 · 1983 · DOI

  • The gap between faculty compensation and the cost of living has been increasing. The structure of compensation and the impact of benefits on faculty attitudes and behavior need to be examined.

    Faculty compensation policies · 1983 · DOI

  • The paper notes that the federal Constitution's protection of freedom of expression is limited to state action. It highlights the uncertainty surrounding the extent of protection provided by state constitutions.

    FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT: OVERCOMING THE "STATE ACTION" PROBLEM ORGANIZATION: BRINGING CIVIL LABERTIES TO THE WORKPLACE 101?02 (1977).. · 1982 · DOI

  • The paper suggests that future research should explore the role of state constitutions in protecting employees' freedom of expression. It highlights the need for further analysis of the implications of the federal Constitution's limitation on state action.

    FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT: OVERCOMING THE "STATE ACTION" PROBLEM ORGANIZATION: BRINGING CIVIL LABERTIES TO THE WORKPLACE 101?02 (1977).. · 1982 · DOI

  • The study highlights the need for further research into the functioning of unfair dismissal legislation.

    The role of ACAS conciliators in unfair dismissal cases · 1982 · DOI

  • The paper also notes that the requirement of leave to appeal may deny justice to litigants who could possibly succeed with their appeals.

    Leave to appeal in civil cases · 1985 · DOI

  • The law is not an exact science, especially when it interfaces with the behavioral sciences. The paper does not address the thorny legal and ethical issues surrounding involuntary treatment.

    Legal issues surrounding psychotherapy with minor clients · 1982 · DOI

  • The challenge of interpreting 'relevance to professional qualification' in social worker license suspension cases. The gap between administrative regulations and judicial interpretations.

    Interpretation and Judicial Standards of Qualification Relevance in Social Worker License Suspension Cases: Focusing on Recent Lower Court Decisions · 2026 · DOI

  • Little variation in responses across services, - Limited ability to perform more complex statistical analyses, - Convenience sampling, - A 15.9% response rate, - Limited to administrative representatives from public and private colleges and universities in ten Southern…

    Navigating Compliance and Culture: How University Administrators Perceive Title IX Resources · 2026 · DOI

  • Constructing a global AI safety institution - Weighing the pro tanto concerns associated with LLM foreign…

    LLMs as a Foreign-Policy Tool: Justification, Global Distribution, and Global Domination · 2026 · DOI

  • Other jurisdictions purport to apply the same preliminary steps standard but reach inconsistent results on whether pre-termination negotiations with the employer's customers or employees rise to the level of wrongful competitive behavior.

    Free Competition or Corporate Theft?: The Need for Courts to Consider the Employment Relationship in Preliminary Steps Disputes · 1999

  • Further study of the employment-like conditions of athletic scholarships. Examination of the implications of the Rensing decisions for college sports.

    Athletic Scholarships as Contracts of Employment: the Rensing Decisions and the Future of College Sports · 1985 · DOI

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Open questions raised by papers listed on this page include: (1) The lack of understanding of the legal position of minors in partnerships (“MINOR AS A PARTNER: RIGHTS, LIABILITIES, AND LEGAL PROTECTION”, 2026); (2) Future research could explore the impact of corporate social responsibility on businesses (“MANAGING CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILIY IN A CHANGING LEGAL ENVIRONMENT”, 1987); (3) There is a need to consider alternative models of organizational decision-making (“ORGANIZATIONS AND THE LAW”, 1987); (4) American Business Law Journal Assuming that the erosion of the traditional employment-at-will doctrine is desirable, however, another question remains to be considered (“ANOTHER EXCEPTION UNDER THE EMPLOYMENT‐AT‐WILL DOCTRINE: BOWMAN V. STATE BANK”, 1986); (5) The paper suggests that future research should explore the role of state constitutions in protecting employees' freedom of expression (“FREEDOM OF SPEECH IN PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT: OVERCOMING THE "STATE ACTION" PROBLEM…”, 1982). 112 gap statements have been mined from Business Law and Ethics papers in our 4.5M-paper local library, which holds 1,574 papers on the topic; the gaps come from whichever of those papers state one. They are mostly the research gaps the authors state and the papers' abstracts, plus future-work, limitations and challenges passages. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one, so you can read the original claim in context.

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