A meta-ethical perspective on organizational identity

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 427-440

  Oliver, David ^a   Statler, Matthew ^b   Roos, Johan ^c  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Metaethics; Organizational identity; Practical wisdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954543184     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0274-y     Document Type: Article

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