Moral motivation across ethical theories: What can we learn for designing corporate ethics programs?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 751-764

  De Colle, Simone ^a   Werhane, Patricia H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aristotle; Corporate ethics programs; Kant; Mill; Moral imagination; Moral motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 48449091810     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9545-7     Document Type: Article

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