The Untapped Relevance of Moral Development Theory in the Study of Business Ethics

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 225-236

  Mudrack, Peter E ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authority relationships; Ethical orientations; Moral reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347931633     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022229305960     Document Type: Article

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