Connected moral agency in organizational ethics

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 323-341

  Watson, George W ^a   Freeman, R Edward ^b   Parmar, Bobby ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Moral agency; Moral psychology; Moral values; Self deception

Indexed keywords

EID: 46449114306     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9497-y     Document Type: Article

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