The Development of a Virtue Ethics Scale

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-208

  Shanahan, Kevin J ^a   Hyman, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Scale development; Virtue ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345863440     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021914218659     Document Type: Review

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