Advancing integrative social contracts theory: A Habermasian perspective

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-234

  Gilbert, Dirk Ulrich ^a   Behnam, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deliberative democracy; Discourse ethics; Integrative social contracts theory; Social contracting

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350589437     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9995-6     Document Type: Article

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