The ethical contribution of organizations to society Organizations promote all sorts of activities. Indeed it is difficult to think of any activity today that is not reliant on an organization. This volume of Research in ethical issues in organizations contains two kinds of papers. First papers that discuss what an organization provides to society whether it be fast food hypermarkets education training supply chains or hamburgers and an explanation of the ethical aspects of that particular contribution. Second the ethics of the consumers response in society to what an organization provides be that the buying or boycotting of products social approval or social condemnation.