Normative self-interest or moral hypocrisy?: The importance of context

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 259-269

  Watson, George W ^a   Sheikh, Farooq ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Moral hypocrisy; Normative self interest; Situational variance in moral reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749095180     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9348-2     Document Type: Article

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