Perceived risk, moral philosophy and marketing ethics: Mediating influences on sales managers' ethical decision-making

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 951-962

  Cherry, John ^a   Fraedrich, John ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Moral philosophy; Risk; Sales

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036887461     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(00)00215-0     Document Type: Article

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