Corporate scandals and spoiled identities: How organizations shift stigma to employees

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 477-496

  Warren, Danielle E ^a  

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EID: 34447619485     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/beq200717347     Document Type: Conference Paper

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