Do prosocial motives have any business in business?

Social Justice Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-25

  Daniel Batson, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Altruism; Collectivism; Egoism; Ethical business practices; Principlism; Prosocial motives

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008977917     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02197654     Document Type: Article

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