Perceptions of Organizational Ethicality: Do Inflated Perceptions of Self Lead to Inflated Perceptions of the Organization?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 253-266

  Reynolds, Scott J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical decision making; Self biases

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346671031     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022248527207     Document Type: Article

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