Moral imagination, collective action, and the achievement of moral outcomes

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-104

  Hargrove, Timothy J ^a  

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EID: 59549100363     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/beq20091914     Document Type: Article

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