Mental models, moral imagination and system thinking in the age of globalization

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 463-474

  Werhane, Patricia H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Department of Business Ethics ^*

^c DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Free enterprise; Globalization; Mental models; Moral imagination

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749095500     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9338-4     Document Type: Article

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