Evaluating the ethics of inversion

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-6

  Godar, Susan H ^a   O'Connor, Patricia J ^b   Taylor, Virginia Anne ^a  

^a WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Inversion; Kant's deontological theory; Utilitarianism

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444485432     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-1176-2     Document Type: Article

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