Individual responsibility within organizational contexts

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 397-405

  Card, Robert F ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual responsibility; Moral agency; Organizational responsibility; Social psychology; Systemic factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144524014     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-0302-5     Document Type: Article

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