Managers' moral reasoning: Evidence from large Indian manufacturing organisations

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-194

  Monga, Manjit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Cognitive moral development; Cross cultural; Ethical decision making; Moral judgement; Moral reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847257947     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9133-2     Document Type: Article

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