Social Constructivism, Mental Models, and Problems of Obedience

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 103-118

  Werhane, Patricia H ^a   Hartman, Laura P ^a   Moberg, Dennis ^b   Englehardt, Elaine ^c   Pritchard, Michael ^d   Parmar, Bidhan ^e  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTAH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

"blind spots"; bounded awareness; mental models; Milgram experiments; moral imagination

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956059062     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0767-3     Document Type: Article

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