The ethical dimensions of decision processes of employees

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 87-99

  Roozen, Irene ^a   De Pelsmacker, Patrick ^b,c   Bostyn, Frank ^c  

^a Department of Marketing   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conjoint analysis; Ethical dimension in the decision processes; Organisational goals and organisational commitment; Personal values; Stake holders

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035651699     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1017536222355     Document Type: Article

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