Observers' impressions of unethical persons and whistleblowers

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-318

  Decker, Wayne H ^a,b   Calo, Thomas J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b SALISBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attributions; Decision making bias; Ethical judgments; Moral intensity; Whistle blowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548998759     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9283-2     Document Type: Article

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