Designing ethical organizations: Avoiding the long-term negative effects of rewards and punishments

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 355-370

  Baucus, Melissa S ^a   Beck Dudley, Caryn L ^b  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Ethical organizations; Ethics; Kohlberg; Moral reasoning; Organization design; Rein forcement theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144398022     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-004-1033-8     Document Type: Article

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