The routes of moral development and the impact of exposure to the milgram obedience study

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 315-333

  Sheppard, Jerry Paul ^b   Young, Marnie ^a  

^a ADLER SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL PSYCHOLOGY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive moral development; DIT; Kohlberg; Milgram; Obedience; Rest

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848893869     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9255-6     Document Type: Article

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