Understanding insurance customer dishonesty: Outline of a situational approach

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 183-197

  Brinkmann, Johannes ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Consumer ethics; Insurance customer ethics; Moral psychology; Moral temptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444453856     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-0278-1     Document Type: Review

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