A novel approach to business ethics training: Improving moral reasoning in just a few weeks

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 367-379

  Jones, David Allen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Business ethics training; Defining Issues Test; Moral judgment; Moral reasoning

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349220987     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9969-8     Document Type: Article

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