Compliance and Professional Ethics: Literature Review with Bibliometric

Abstract

Scholarly interest in professional ethics and compliance has increased recently, as seen by the dramatic increase in publications worldwide. The growing quantity of professional ethics and compliance publications indicates that this subject has received a great deal of scientific attention. Another popular topic is the study of compliance and professional ethics. The goal of this study is to identify the trends in compliance and professional ethics studies that are appearing in esteemed publications. The data under investigation consisted of 136 research publications that were indexed. Using MS Excel and the RStudio Bibliometric program, data was processed and analyzed to build the bibliometric map of professional ethics and compliance. The results of the survey show that the number of publications about professional ethics and compliance has increased annually in the United States. Levine DM, Sulmasy DP, United States, and Journal of Business Ethics are the most sought-after authors. Trend analysis indicates that in order to keep up with the demands of the global economy, the United States needs to improve its research on compliance and professional ethics. The nations, organizations, journals, articles, sources, and topics that contributed the most have also been made public. The development of professional ethics and compliance, as well as commercial, medical, auditing, pharmacy, social, and tax ethics, are all covered in 136 research publications. Additionally, a future research agenda with specific research concerns is identified by this study. Additional research can enhance the units studied and add to resources such as Web of Science. Although the focus of this study is solely on bibliometric analysis and research flow, future investigations may emphasize a methodical corpus of published articles on a certain subject.