Assessing managers' ethical decision-making: An objective measure of managerial moral judgment

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 263-285

  Loviscky, Greg E ^a   Treviño, Linda K ^a,b,c   Jacobs, Rick R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pennsylvania State University ^*

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical decision making; Manager; Measurement; Moral judgment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249067382     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9206-2     Document Type: Article

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