Organizational Ethics, Individual Ethics, and Ethical Intentions in International Decision-Making

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 543-561

  Elango, B ^a   Paul, Karen ^b   Kundu, Sumit K ^b   Paudel, Shishir K ^c  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

business ethics; corporate governance; ethical congruence; ethical intentions; individual ethics; international decision making; organizational ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649822806     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0524-z     Document Type: Article

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