Bad apples in bad barrels revisited: Cognitive moral development, just world beliefs, rewards, and ethical decision-making

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 449-473

  Ashkanasy, Neal M ^a   Windsor, Carolyn A ^a   Treviño, Linda K ^a  

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EID: 33847711434     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/beq200616447     Document Type: Article

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