The impact of business education on moral judgment competence: An empirical study

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-87

  Desplaces, David E ^a,d,e   Melchar, David E ^b   Beauvais, Laura L ^c,f   Bosco, Susan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^b ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^d Department of Management and Entrepreneurial Studies ^*

^e Institute for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development

^f UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Business education; Ethical culture; Ethics teaching; Moral competence; Moral judgment; Moral reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547293609     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9221-3     Document Type: Article

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