Johannes Brinkmann studied sociology (and secondary subjects) at the universities of Münster, W. Germany and Oslo, Norway. Academic work in Norway and for more limited periods in the US, Germany, Lithuania etc. At present 11 academic books (mostly in 黑料专区), 43 academic articles (mostly in English), in addition numerous conference papers, book chapters, industry and professional journal papers.
For a list of academic articles (since 2000) and of academic book chapters as well as professional journal papers (since 2007) see here: Or, see a few sample texts, one in 黑料专区 and several ones in English: and
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Until 2016, Brinkmann was head of the former BI Centre for risk and insurance research (ROFF). 2016-2019 he was adjunct professor at the Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø.
Research areas Business ethics with subspecialties, descriptive ethics, industry and business-professional ethics, marketing and consumer ethics. Comparative social science. More recently focus on insurance industry ethics, dialectics of risk and responsibility, socratic dialogue.
Teaching areas
Business ethics, risk management, sociology for business students, social science methodology.
Karimova, Guli-Sanam; Heidbrink, Ludger, Brinkmann, Johannes & LeMay, Stephen Arthur (2024)
Global standards and the philosophy of consumption: Toward a consumer-driven governance of global value chains
Business Ethics, the Environment and Responsibility (BEER) Doi: -
This study delves into the significant ethical criteria in the context of global standards. It addresses the moral wrongdoings and adverse side effects associated with global value chains as discussed in the business ethics literature. The methodology involves theoretical application and synthesis. The study employs ethical principles from deontology, consequentialism, and political cosmopolitanism to establish normative criteria such as “injustice and harm to others” and “bad outcomes.” It further investigates how these criteria should influence consumers' decisions, actions, and responsibilities. These criteria are then used to examine the moral wrongdoings and negative effects mentioned in global standards. The study explores how global standards implicitly express consumers' roles in governing global value chains. It scrutinizes consumers' actions and decisions by applying ethical frameworks to global standards. The study outlines consumers' individual and political responsibilities in achieving the goals of global standards. The research findings have implications for governments, consumers, and organizations in practicing shared responsibility. The aim of this research is to provide normative guidance for responsible actions.
Lindemann, Beate Hildegard & Brinkmann, Johannes (2022)
Per Mausklick in Berlin - Digitale Zugänglichkeit im Spagat zwischen Potential und DaF-Lehrer-Alltag
Tinnefeld, Thomas (red.). Bef盲higung zu grenzenloser Kommunikation: Ans盲tze - Methoden - Verfahren
Brinkmann, Johannes & Kochupillai, Mrinalini (2020)
Law, Business, and Legitimacy
Rendtorff, Jacob Dahl (red.). Handbook of Business Legitimacy. Responsibility, Ethics and Society
Brinkmann, Johannes (2020)
Consumer social responsibility – seven theses and seven exhibits
Heidbrink, Ludger & Muller, Sebastian (red.). Consumer Social Responsibility Zur gesellschaftlichen Verantwortung von Konsumenten
Brinkmann, Johannes (2019)
“Troubling Times” on the Agenda of Business Ethics: Drafting a dialogue approach, aiming at a consensus
Ciulla, Joanne B & Scharding, Tobey K. (red.). Ethical Business Leadership in Troubling Times
Brinkmann, Johannes (2018)
Fagkritisk tilnærming
Brinkmann, Johannes (red.). Ubehagelig n忙ringslivsetikk II
Brinkmann, Johannes (2018)
En bransje- og profesjonstilnærming
Brinkmann, Johannes (red.). Ubehagelig n忙ringslivsetikk II
Brinkmann, Johannes (2018)
En (første) studentsentrert tilnærmering: start med å se på deg selv
Brinkmann, Johannes (red.). Ubehagelig n忙ringslivsetikk II
Brinkmann, Johannes (2018)
Ubehagelig næringslivsetikk II
Gyldendal Akademisk.
Schlierer, Hans Jörg & Brinkmann, Johannes (2017)
The Use of Online Resources for Teaching Business Ethics: A Pilot Project, a Framework, and Recommendations
Journal of Business Ethics Education, 14 Doi:
Brinkmann, Johannes (2017)
Nathan the Wise: Addressing Enlightenment, Wisdom, and Tolerance
Journal of Business Ethics Education, 14 Doi:
Brinkmann, Johannes (2017)
The Potential Use of Sociological Perspectives for Business Ethics Teaching
Journal of Business Ethics, s. 1- 15. Doi:
Brinkmann, Johannes; Lindemann, Beate & Sims, Ronald R. (2016)
Voicing Moral Concerns: Yes, But How? The Use of Socratic Dialogue Methodology
Journal of Business Ethics, 139, s. 619- 631. Doi:
Brinkmann, Johannes (2015)
Socratic dialogue – designed in the Nelson–Heckmann tradition: A tool for reducing the theory–practice divide in business ethics
Ims, Knut O. J. & Pedersen, Lars Jacob Tynes (red.). Business and the Greater Good: Rethinking Business Ethics in an Age of Crisis
Lindemann, Beate & Brinkmann, Johannes (2014)
Zur Äusserung moralischer Bedenken in Geschäftsgesprächen
Tinnefeld, Thomas (red.). Fremdsprachenunterricht im Spannungsfeld zwsichen Sprachwissen und Sprachk枚nnen
Brinkmann, Johannes (2012)
Inconvenient Business Ethics (version 2)
Ims, Knut O. J. & Nystad, 脴ystein (red.). P氓 tvers. Festskrift til Ove Jakobsen
Brinkmann, Johannes (2012)
Combining Risk and Responsibility Perspectives: First Steps
Journal of Business Ethics, 112(4), s. 567- 583. Doi:
Lesch, William C. & Brinkmann, Johannes (2012)
Consumer insurance fraud/abuse as co-creation and co-responsibility: A new paradigm
Journal of Business Ethics, 103, s. 17- 32. Doi:
Radermacher, Ralf & Brinkmann, Johannes (2012)
Insurance for the poor? First thoughts about microinsurance business ethics
Journal of Business Ethics, 103, s. 63- 76. Doi:
Brinkmann, Johannes (2011)
Ethics as a challenge to well‐established morality?
Jakobsen, Ove & Pedersen, Lars Jacob Tynes (red.). Responsibility, Deep Ecology and the Self: Festschrift in Honor of Knut J. Ims
Brinkmann, Johannes & Sims, Ronald R. (2011)
Business Ethics Curriculum Development: Balancing Idealism and Realism
Sims, Ronald R. & Sauser, William I. (red.). Experiences in Teaching Business Ethics
Brinkmann, Johannes (2011)
Putting career morality on the agenda of business students : how one could use a play and survey results for triggering moral reflection
Sims, Ronald R. & Sauser, William I. (red.). Experiences in Teaching Business Ethics
Brinkmann, Johannes; Sims, Ronald R. & Nelson, Lawrence J. (2011)
Business Ethics Across the Curriculum?
Journal of Business Ethics Education, 8
Brinkmann, Johannes (2009)
Putting Ethics on the Agenda for Real Estate Agents
Journal of Business Ethics, 88(1), s. 65- 82. Doi:
Brinkmann, Johannes (2009)
Using Ibsen in Business Ethics
Journal of Business Ethics, 84, s. 11- 24. Doi:
Sims, Ronald R. & Brinkmann, Johannes (2008)
Thoughts and second thoughts about Enron ethics
Ch. Garsten and T. Hernes (eds.), Ethical Dilemmas in Management
Brinkmann, Johannes & Peattie, Ken (2008)
Consumer Ethics Research: Reframing the Debate About Consumption for Good
EJBO - Electronic Journal of Business and Organization Ethics, 13(1), s. 22- 29.
Brinkmann, Johannes & Henriksen, Ann Mari (2008)
Vocational ethics as a subspecialty of business ethics - Structuring a research and teaching field
Journal of Business Ethics, 81(3), s. 623- 634. Doi:
Vocational ethics and vocational moral socialization are important for the business ethical climate in a given country and in a given industry, but have not received attention in the literature. Our article suggests vocational ethics as a legitimate sub-specialty for business ethics research and development. The article addresses the exposure of vocational students to a combination of vocational school-based and workplace-based socialization, and outlines an agenda for teaching-oriented research and research-based teaching. More specifically, we first draft a conceptual frame of reference and then report results and experiences from a scenario-based pilot study at one of the biggest vocational schools in the country. As a third step such a preliminary situation analysis inspires a number of suggestions for how one could start with developing this field, practically, empirically and theoretically.
Brinkmann, Johannes (2007)
Forbruksetikk: Å gi struktur til et nytt akademisk område
Forbrukersosiologi. Makt, tegn og mening i forbrukersamfunnet, G.E. Schjelderup og M.W. Knudsen, (red)
Brinkmann, Johannes (2007)
Responsibility Sharing (Elements of a Framework for Understanding Insurance Business Ethics)
Insurance Ethics for a More Ethical World, Flanagan,Primeaux, Ferguson (eds), Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations, vol 7
Brinkmann, Johannes & Lentz, P. (2006)
Understanding insurance customer dishonesty: Outline of a moral-sociological approach
Journal of Business Ethics, 66, s. 177- 195.
Most consumer morality studies focus on consumer immorality, i.e. different types and degrees of consumer dishonesty or deviance. This paper follows this tradition, by looking at insurance customer dishonesty. For looking at insurance customer dishonesty in a wider perspective, the paper drafts a sociology of insurance customer morality, including outlines of micro-level, meso-level and macro-level moral sociologies of insurance fraud, as well as a discussion of moral heterogeneity and a critical understanding of deviance. As a next step a few empirical rsearch questions are formulated and illustrated with data from a 黑料专区-German pilot study.
Brinkmann, Johannes & Barcikowski, E. (2006)
Krombacher ? Save Nature, Drink Beer
P.E. Murphy and G.R. Laczniak, eds., 2006, Marketing Ethics, Cases and Readings
Brinkmann, Johannes & Peattie, Ken (2005)
Exploring Business School Ethics
Journal of Business Ethics Education, 2(2), s. 151- 170.
Brinkmann, Johannes (2005)
Understanding Insurance Customer Dishonesty: Outline of a Situational Approach
Journal of Business Ethics, 61, s. 183- 197.
Brinkmann, Johannes (2004)
Looking at Consumer Behavior in a Moral Perspective
Journal of Business Ethics, 51(2), s. 129- 141.
Brinkmann, Johannes & Ims, Knut Johannessen (2004)
A conflict case approach to business ethics
Journal of Business Ethics, 53(1/2 Special Issue), s. 123- 136.
Departing from frequent use of moral conflict cases in business ethics teaching and research, the paper suggests an elaboration of a moral conflict approach within business ethics, both conceptually and philosophically. The conceptual elaboration borrows from social science conflict research terminology, while the philosophical elaboration presents casuistry as a kind of practical, inductive argumentation with a focus on paradigmatic examples.
Sims, Ronald R. & Brinkmann, Johannes (2003)
Enron Ethics (Or: Culture Matters More than Codes)
Journal of Business Ethics, 45, s. 243- 256.
Sims, Ronald R. & Brinkmann, Johannes (2003)
Business Ethics Curriculum Design: Suggestions and illustrations
Teaching Business Ethics, 7, s. 69- 86.
Brinkmann, Johannes & Ims, Knut Johannessen (2003)
Good intentions aside: drafting a functionalist look at codes of ethics
?, 12(3), s. 265- 274.
Brinkmann, Johannes (2002)
Teaching Business Students Intercultural Communication
I. Koall et al., Vielfalt statt Leid(t)kultur
Brinkmann, Johannes & Axell, P. (2002)
Karrieremoral: Illustrasjon og refleksjon
Med forskerblikk p氓 verdier
Brinkmann, Johannes (2002)
Business and Marketing Ethics as Professional Ethics. Concepts, Aproaches and Typologies
Journal of Business Ethics, 41, s. 159- 177.
Brinkmann, Johannes & Steenbuck, Gisela (2002)
Wirtschaftsethik lehren mit Schillers moralischem Theater
?, 3(1), s. 58- 76.
Brinkmann, Johannes (2002)
Business Ethics and Intercultural Communication. Exploring the overlap between two academic fields
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Brinkmann, Johannes (2002)
Moral Reflection Differences among 黑料专区 Business Students. A presentation and discussion of findings
Teaching Business Ethics, 6, s. 83- 99.
Sims, Ronald R. & Brinkmann, Johannes (2002)
Leaders as Moral Role Models: The Case of John Gutfreund at Salomon Brothers
Journal of Business Ethics, 35, s. 327- 339.
Brinkmann, Johannes (2001)
Næringslivsetikk som akademisk fag?
Beta, 15(1), s. 35- 49.
Brinkmann, Johannes (2001)
On Business Ethics and Moralism
?, 10(4), s. 311- 319.
Brinkmann, Johannes & Sims, Ronald R. (2001)
Stakeholder-Sensitive Business Ethics Teaching
Teaching Business Ethics, 5, s. 171- 193.
Sims, Ron & Brinkmann, Johannes (2000)
Stakeholder-Sensitive Business Ethics Teaching
Teaching Business Ethics, s. 1- 23.
Brinkmann, Johannes (2000)
Real Estate Agent Ethics. Selected Findings from Two 黑料专区 Studies, Business Ethics
?, 9(3), s. 163- 173.
Lesch, W.; Grimm, J. & Brinkmann, Johannes (1999)
The North American Free Trade Agreement and Environmental Provisions: A Review of Promises, Processes, and Outcomes
?, 9(1), s. 73- 82.
Bakken, Tore & Brinkmann, Johannes (2022)
Krise, risiko og uvisshet. Sosiologiske refleksjoner
[Non-fiction book]. Cappelen Damm Akademisk.
Brinkmann, Johannes; Lindemann, Beate & Schlierer, Hans Jörg (2019)
The languages of business ethics: Presenting survey findings on their own terms
[Academic lecture]. EBEN RC.
Brinkmann, Johannes; Lindemann, Beate & Schlierer, Hans Jörg (2019)
“Englishization” versus Multilingualism… in Academia (Business Ethics for example).
[Academic lecture]. 5th Saarbr眉cken Conf on Foreign Language Teaching.
Brinkmann, Johannes (2018)
Putting “troubling times” on the agenda of business ethics?
[Academic lecture]. TABEC Seminar.
Brinkmann, Johannes (2018)
Teaching (how to think) business ethics – different approaches
[Academic lecture]. Gjesteforelesning.
Brinkmann, Johannes; Lindemann, Beate, Lämsä, Anna Maija & Riivari, Elina (2018)
The languages of EBEN – Risks and opportunities
[Academic lecture]. EBEN RC.
Brinkmann, Johannes; Lindemann, Beate & Schlierer, Hans Jörg (2017)
A Socratic dialogue about the true Language of business ethics
[Academic lecture]. EBEN AC.
Brinkmann, Johannes & Sims, Ronald R. (2017)
Investigating business career morality
[Academic lecture]. EBEN AC.
Brinkmann, Johannes (2017)
Teaching business ethics – different approaches
[Academic lecture]. EBEN Annual Conference.
Brinkmann, Johannes; Lindemann, Beate & Schlierer, Hans Jörg (2017)
Publish in English or perish? (Business Ethics as a Case)
[Academic lecture]. Fourth Saarbr眉cken Conference on Foreign Language Teaching.
Brinkmann, Johannes (2016)
Sieben Anregungen für ein Gespräch über Solidarität