Reinforcing ethical decision making through organizational structure

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 43-58

  James Jr , Harvey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Ethical dilemmas; Incentive systems; Organizational ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034310975     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006261412704     Document Type: Article

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