Understanding the complex relationship between creativity and ethical ideologies

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-112

  Bierly, Paul E ^a   Kolodinsky, Robert W ^a   Charette, Brian J ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Creativity; Decision making; Divergent thinking; Ethical ideologies; Ethics; Idealism; Morality; Relativism

Indexed keywords

EID: 63949087704     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9837-6     Document Type: Article

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