This special issue is devoted to highlighting thinkers who have been overlooked within business ethics and who have important contributions to make to our field. We make the case that, as scholars of a hybrid discipline that also aims to address important issues of business practice, we need to look continually for new sources of insight and wisdom that can both enrich our discourse and improve our ability to generate ideas that have a positive impact on business practice. In this introductory essay, we discuss our rationale for creating this special issue, summarize the articles contained within, and close with thoughts on its significance for the field going forward.

本期特刊致力于突出那些在商业道德中被忽视的思想家，他们对我们的领域做出了重要贡献。我们认为，作为一个致力于解决商业实践重要问题的混合学科的学者，我们需要不断寻找新的洞察力和智慧来源，既可以丰富我们的话语，又可以提高我们产生具有对商业实践产生积极影响。在这篇介绍性文章中，我们讨论了我们创建这个特刊的基本原理，总结了其中包含的文章，并就其对该领域未来发展的意义进行了思考。