Foundations and applications for contractualist business ethics

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 211-228

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

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavioral characteristics; Boundary characteristics; Contractarianism; Contractualism; Integrative social contracts theory; Multi level analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750447966     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9011-y     Document Type: Article

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