The empirical assessment of corporate ethics: A case study

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 95-114

  Kaptein, Muel ^a   Van Dalen, Jan ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dilemmas of dirty hands; Ethical content of organizations; Ethics audit; Ethics development of organizations; Many hands and entangled hands; Virtues

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034635675     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006360210646     Document Type: Article

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