How do scores of DIT and MJT differ? A critical assessment of the use of alternative moral development scales in studies of business ethics

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 63-74

  Ishida, Chiharu ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive Moral Development (CMD); Defining Issues Test (DIT); Ethical ideology; Moral Judgment Test (MJT); Stage consistency approach; Stage preference approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747874077     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9005-9     Document Type: Article

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