Moral disengagement in processes of organizational corruption

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 129-139

  Moore, Celia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corruption; Moral awareness; Moral disengagement; Organizational advancement; Unethical decision making

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249109638     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9447-8     Document Type: Article

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