Moral Theory in Ethical Decision Making: Problems, Clarifications and Recommendations from a Psychological Perspective

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-25

  Miner, Maureen ^a   Petocz, Agnes ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Comprehensive EDM model; Decision making; Descriptive models; Ethical decision making; Ethics; Moral theory; Prescriptive models; Psychological research

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345863799     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021654015232     Document Type: Article

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