2026 Gene R. Laczniak: Business and Management Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Business and Management	34	2345	2210	921	850	133	4935

Gene R. Laczniak publication distribution in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Business and Management in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gene R. Laczniak sits on this spectrum.

35 publications 436+

This scientist: 133 publications — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 436 publications or more.

Gene R. Laczniak D-index placement in Business and Management in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Business and Management scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Gene R. Laczniak sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index 89+

This scientist: 34 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 89 D-Index or more.

Overview

Gene R. Laczniak is affiliated with Marquette University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Business, Management and Accounting, and Decision Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Information Systems and Management, Strategy and Management, and Marketing. Additional work touches on Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, as well as Demography.

Their scholarly contributions cover main topics including Ethics in Business and Education, Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting, Management and Organizational Studies, Workplace Spirituality and Leadership, Religion, Ecology, and Ethics, Biomedical Ethics and Regulation, and Ethics in Clinical Research.

Gene R. Laczniak has published in several academic venues, with the majority of publications appearing in the Journal of Macromarketing. Other work is featured in the Journal of Business Ethics.

Toward a Doctrine of Socially Responsible Marketing (SRM): A Macro and Normative-Ethical Perspective, 2020, Journal of Macromarketing
Socially Responsible Marketing (SRM): Broader, Deeper, and Ever Greater, 2022, Journal of Macromarketing
Reflections about Professor Robert F. Lusch: Friend, Co-author and Marketing Visionary, 2020, Journal of Macromarketing
Laudato si' - A Macromarketing Manifesto for a Just and Sustainable Environment, 2020, Journal of Macromarketing
Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing and Its Marketing: Emergent Ethical and Public Policy Implications, 2020, Journal of Business Ethics

Among frequent collaborators are Clifford J. Shultz, Thomas A. Klein, and Alexander Nill.

Best Publications

Normative Perspectives for Ethical and Socially Responsible Marketing

Gene R. Laczniak;Patrick E. Murphy

358
Citations
The influence of stated organizational concern upon ethical decision making

Gene R. Laczniak;Edward J. Inderrieden

330
Citations
The Evolving Marketing Concept, Competitive Intensity and Organizational Performance:

Robert F. Lusch;Gene R. Laczniak

309
Citations
An ethical basis for relationship marketing: a virtue ethics perspective

Patrick E. Murphy;Gene R. Laczniak;Graham Wood

300
Citations
Ethical Marketing Decisions: The Higher Road

Gene R. Laczniak;Patrick E Murphy

291
Citations
Fostering Ethical Marketing Decisions

Gene R. Laczniak;Patrick E. Murphy

220
Citations
Framework for Analyzing Marketing Ethics

Gene R. Laczniak

202
Citations
Stakeholder Theory and Marketing: Moving from a Firm-Centric to a Societal Perspective

Gene R . Laczniak;Patrick E . Murphy

199
Citations
The Evolving Marketing Concept, Competitive Intensity and Organizational Performance

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166
Citations
Social Marketing: Its Ethical Dimensions:

Gene R. Laczniak;Robert F. Lusch;Patrick E. Murphy

159
Citations
Marketing to the Poor: An Integrative Justice Model for Engaging Impoverished Market Segments

Nicholas J.C . Santos;Gene R . Laczniak

142
Citations
Distributive Justice: Pressing Questions, Emerging Directions, and the Promise of Rawlsian Analysis

Gene R. Laczniak;Patrick E. Murphy

120
Citations
Marketing Ethics: Onward Toward Greater Expectations

Gene R. Laczniak

109
Citations
The Ethics of Celebrity-Athlete Endorsement: What Happens When a Star Steps Out of Bounds?

Felicia M. Miller;Gene R. Laczniak

91
Citations
The role of normative marketing ethics

Gene R. Laczniak;Patrick E. Murphy

89
Citations
Toward a Doctrine of Socially Responsible Marketing (SRM): A Macro and Normative-Ethical Perspective:

Gene Laczniak;Clifford Shultz

84
Citations
The social disorder of the broadened concept of marketing

Gene R. Laczniak;Donald A. Michie

81
Citations
Distributive Justice, Catholic Social Teaching, and the Moral Responsibility of Marketers

Gene R. Laczniak

77
Citations
The Integrative Justice Model for Marketing to the Poor: An Extension of S-D Logic to Distributive Justice and Macromarketing

Gene R. Laczniak;Nicholas J. C. Santos

75
Citations
Ethical Marketing: Perceptions of Economic Goods and Social Problems

Gene R. Laczniak;Robert F. Lusch;William A. Strang

74
Citations
Macroenvironmental forces, marketing strategy and business performance: A futures research approach

Robert F. Lusch;Gene R. Laczniak

66
Citations
Marketing Ethics: Guidelines for Managers

Eugene R. Laczniak;Patrick E. Murphy

62
Citations
Business as a Calling: Work and the Examined Life

Gene R. Laczniak;Michael Novak

17
Citations
Ethical Marketing Decisions: The Higher Road

Frederick W. Langrehr;Gene R. Laczniak;Patrick E. Murphy

10
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick E. Murphy University of Notre Dame

Robert F. Lusch University of Arizona

Fiona Harris University of the West of Scotland

Clifford J. Shultz Loyola University Chicago

External Links

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