Moral disengagement in the corporate world

Accountability in Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-74

  White, Jenny ^a   Bandura, Albert ^b   Bero, Lisa A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Business; Conflict of interest; Ethics; Industry; Moral; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

VINYL CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ETHICS; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; INSTITUTIONAL ETHICS; LEAD POISONING; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; POLICY; RESEARCH ETHICS; SILICOSIS; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; ETHICS, INSTITUTIONAL; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; LEAD POISONING; MORALS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SILICOSIS; SMOKING; TOBACCO INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES; VINYL CHLORIDE;

EID: 67349118056     PISSN: 08989621     EISSN: 15455815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08989620802689847     Document Type: Article

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