Conceptualizing and measuring ethical work climate: Development and validation of the ethical climate index

Business and Society

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 345-358

  Arnaud, Anke ^a  

^a EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical behavior; Ethical climate; Ethical Climate Index; Ethics; Organizational climate

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952510823     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650310362865     Document Type: Article

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