Dear Readers,
We are pleased to present to you the second biannual issue of the 2025 Journal of Ethics in Entrepreneurship and Technology (JEET), which marks the journal’s fifth year of publication. Since its debut in 2021, JEET has come a long way. Over this period, the journal has achieved remarkable growth in readership – from 9,464 total downloads in 2022 to 67,416 in 2024. One recent example of JEET’s impactful scholarship is the article “Ethical Consideration Dilemma: A Systematic Review of Ethics in Qualitative Data Collection through Interviews,” which has received 16 Crossref citations as of August 19, 2025.
JEET continues to promote innovation, originality and multidisciplinary approaches to research. Approximately 50% of its published content originates from the USA, while the remaining contributions come from countries including the UK, Romania, Uganda and Jordan. The journal’s editorial board likewise reflects both geographic and disciplinary diversity.
We extend our sincere gratitude to the many talented scholars who have placed their trust in this young journal and shared their work with our readership. The road ahead remains both challenging and exciting. JEET is currently under consideration for indexation in the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) Index, the Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) and ERIH PLUS. We look forward to sharing positive news regarding these applications in the near future.
The current issue explores the complex intersections of modern innovation and ethical business strategy. The articles featured in this issue span critical domains – from the integration of computational skills into education and the strategic navigation of corporate crises, to the vital role of ethical governance in technology and data use.
With this introduction, we invite you to explore the contributions featured in this issue.
The first article in this issue by Dipak Tatpuje, Avinash Ganbote and Satish Shende explores the emerging research regarding the integration between Computational Thinking (CT) and Entrepreneurship Education (EE), aiming to identify the core themes and their integration with ethical considerations. The findings of the study underscore the growing importance of CT as a fundamental skill and its impact on learning outcomes required for sustainable business EE.
In the second article, author Shane Epting uses a customized mixed methods approach and theoretical tools from academic philosophy, empirical data from academic fields and existing policy measures to reveal dimensions of the ethical issues relevant to municipal partnerships that can guide cities in implementing neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs) into existing transportation networks.
The following article in the current issue, authored by Samer Abaddi, explores global entrepreneurship through the lens of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots as text-generation tools and human entrepreneurs to examine the motivations, challenges and opportunities faced by entrepreneurs. This study uses AI chatbots as analytical tools to identify themes in global entrepreneurship, demonstrating the potential of AI for initial exploratory analysis while emphasizing the necessity of human validation to ensure accuracy and depth (AI–human data hybridization). The approach taken in this study offers a novel framework for future inquiry in international entrepreneurship.
Kasimu Sendawula and colleagues authored the study titled The contribution of social media competencies and privacy in catalyzing the sustainable performance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Uganda. Through a mixed-methods design, the study results indicate that social media competencies and privacy matter for the sustainable performance of SMEs in Uganda.
In the fifth article, authors Fredrick Ishengoma and Deo Shao investigate the ethical challenges associated with open government data (OGD) initiatives. Using a systematic literature review based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Protocols (PRISMA-P) 2015 protocol, the study identifies four primary ethical domains in OGD ecosystems and reveals that technical safeguards are often insufficient against re-identification threats. The study proposes a set of policy and practical interventions, including differential privacy mandates, algorithmic accountability frameworks, community-centered data literacy programs and energy-efficient data infrastructure guidelines.
Author Cătălina Crișan conducted a multi-case study of 23 high-tech ventures, both small and large, from Europe and Asia, in an effort to examine how high-tech ventures responded to the COVID-19 crisis by pursuing digital transformation. The study explores three specific aspects: how ventures interpret crisis, the changes made in response to the crisis in business operations and the changes pursued in products and services.
Finally, our issue concludes with the contribution of Larry Locke, who reviewed the book titled “Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart” (2025) by Nicholas Carr, a 260-page publication of W.W. Norton & Company. The book is about the age of digital communication, a technology that began with tremendous promise and enthusiasm for bringing humanity to a new age of community, but ultimately and insidiously contributed to the polarization and isolation of people. Larry Locke argues that this book is a timely lesson in the curriculum of a creative humankind struggling to be both human and kind in the face of creative technologies. It is a valuable read for those invested in the social media sphere, for academics preparing the next generation of media users and creators and for anyone who wants to gain a deeper understanding of the times in which we live.
We hope you will enjoy reading this issue of JEET!
