How virtue fits within business ethics

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 101-114

  Whetstone, J Thomas ^a  

^a JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Act oriented theories; Character; Ethical manager; Leadership; Moral language; Servant leadership; Tripartite ethics; Vice; Virtue; Virtue ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035651098     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017554318867     Document Type: Article

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