Influence of distributive justice on lying for and stealing from a supervisor

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 507-518

  Umphress, Elizabeth E ^a   Ren, Lily Run ^b   Bingham, John B ^c   Gogus, Celile Itir ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Codes of conduct; Distributive justice; Ethics; Fairness; Unethical behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349141721     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9861-6     Document Type: Article

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