Everybody else is doing it, so why can't we? Pluralistic ignorance and business ethics education

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 385-398

  Halbesleben, Jonathon R B ^a   Wheeler, Anthony R ^b   Buckley, M Ronald ^a  

^a Division of Management   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics education; Introductory management; Pluralistic ignorance; Social comparison

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144369157     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-004-3897-z     Document Type: Article

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