Can business ethics be trained? A study of the ethical decision-making process in business students

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-164

  Ritter, Barbara A ^a  

^a Wall College of Business   (United States)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Designing business ethics curriculum; Ethics; Teaching business ethics; Teaching undergraduate business students

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750304876     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9062-0     Document Type: Article

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