Social contracting in a pluralist process of moral sense making: A dialogic twist on the ISCT

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 329-346

  Calton, Jerry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse ethics; ISCT; Pluralist sense making processes; Stakeholder dialogue

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750458994     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9017-5     Document Type: Review

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