Organizations behaving badly: When are discreditable actions likely to damage organizational reputation?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-50

  Reuber, A Rebecca ^a   Fischer, Eileen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Discreditable action; Misconduct; Organization; Reputation; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949916265     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0180-3     Document Type: Article

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