Victims of circumstances? A defense of virtue ethics in business

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-62

  Solomon, Robert C ^a  

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EID: 0037216892     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/beq20031314     Document Type: Review

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