Organizational ontology and the moral status of the corporation

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 91-108

  Seabright, Mark A ^a   Kurke, Lance B ^a  

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EID: 0007034663     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/10.2307/3857210     Document Type: Article

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