Issue contingencies and marketers' recognition of ethical issues, ethical judgments and behavioral intentions

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 338-346

  Barnett, Tim ^a   Valentine, Sean ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical decision making; Issue contingencies; Marketing ethics; Moral intensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 1242351134     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(02)00365-X     Document Type: Article

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