Dynamics in Responsible Behavior in Search of Mechanisms for Coping with Responsibility

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 44, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 209-224

  Fisscher, Olaf ^a   Nijhof, André ^a   Steensma, Herman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Codes of conduct; Moral responsibility; Responsible behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347301561     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023308018608     Document Type: Conference Paper

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