Psychological pragmatism and the imperative of aims: A new approach for business ethics

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 409-430

  Margolis, Joshua D ^a  

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DOI: 10.5840/10.2307/3857429     Document Type: Article

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