The ethic of “the organizational good”: Is doing the right thing enough?

Health Care Manager

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 4-10

  Bruhn, John G ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral accountability in organizations; Leadership ethics; Organizational ethics; The common good

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; LEADERSHIP; MORALITY; ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MORALS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842851871     PISSN: 15255794     EISSN: 1550512X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126450-200401000-00002     Document Type: Article

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