Business is not a game: The metaphoric fallacy

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 473-484

  Hamington, Maurice ^a  

^a METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical theories; Fallacies; Game metaphors; Language

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349094532     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9859-0     Document Type: Article

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