Compulsory ethics education and the cognitive moral development of salespeople: A quasi-experimental assessment

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 223-241

  Izzo, George ^a  

^a FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Cognitive moral development (CMD); Ethics training; Kohlberg's theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034397530     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006206829583     Document Type: Article

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