Environmental influences on ethical decision making: Climate and environmental predictors of research integrity

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 337-366

  Mumford, Michael D ^a   Murphy, Stephen T ^a   Connelly, Shane ^a   Hill, Jason H ^a   Antes, Alison L ^a   Brown, Ryan P ^a   Devenport, Lynn D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Career experiences; Climate; Environment; Ethical decision making; Research integrity

Indexed keywords

EID: 41449099895     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508420701519510     Document Type: Article

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