The ethics of the node versus the ethics of the dyad? Reconciling virtue ethics and contractualism

Organization Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 391-411

  Heugens, Pursey P M A R ^a,b   Kaptein, Muel ^a,b   Van Oosterhout, J ^a,b,c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Erasmus University Rotterdam ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aristotle; Contractualism; Corporate condition; Generic normative core; Virtue ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644932185     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840606062428     Document Type: Article

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