Ethical Dilemmas in Performance Measurement

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 51-63

  Kerssens van Drongelen, Inge C ^a   Fisscher, Olaf A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Common sense morality; Moral responsibility; Performance measurement; Role morality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346040141     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024120428490     Document Type: Conference Paper

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