The shaping of a society's economic ethos: A longitudinal study of individuals' morality of profit-making worldview

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-75

  Padelford, Walton ^a   White, Darin W ^a  

^a UNION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Consumer perceptions; Economic world view; Morality of profit making; Pricing

Indexed keywords

EID: 60649117932     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9749-5     Document Type: Article

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