In search of organizational virtue in business: Agents, goods, practices, institutions and environments

Organization Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 369-389

  Moore, Geoff ^a,c   Beadle, Ron ^b,d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business virtue; MacIntyre; Organizational virtue; Traidcraft; Virtues goods practice institution

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644894553     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840606062427     Document Type: Article

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