Business leadership: Three levels of ethical analysis

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 525-536

  Palmer, Daniel E ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Leadership studies; Moral character; Respect; Responsibility; Telos; Virtue theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350604367     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0117-x     Document Type: Article

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