"Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth" - An aspiration applicable to business?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 347-363

  Molyneaux, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

"Level 5 Hierarchy" of executive capabilities; "meekness"; Accountability; Guardian and commercial ethical syndromes; New Testament narrative; Service; Subsidiarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843140332     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:BUSI.0000005746.55906.9d     Document Type: Article

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