Shaping ethical perceptions: An empirical assessment of the influence of business educaction, culture, and demographic factors

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 341-358

  Lopez, Yvette P ^d   Rechner, Paula L ^a,e   Olson Buchanan, Julie B ^b,c,e  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Management ^*

^c Craig Honors Program

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culture; Ethical perceptions; Ethics education

Indexed keywords

EID: 25644456773     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-1834-4     Document Type: Article

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