The ethical dilemma of research and development openness versus secrecy

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 279-285

  McMillan, Steve ^a,f   Duska, Ronald ^a,b,c,f   Hamilton, Robert ^d,f   Casey, Debra ^a,e,f  

^a Department of Management ^*  (United States)

^b American College   (United States)

^c Center for Ethics in Financial Services   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Openness; Science; Secrecy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744962571     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-5495-0     Document Type: Article

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