Regulating Ethical Failures: Insights from Psychology

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 95, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Hoogervorst, Niek ^a,b   de Cremer, David ^b   van Dijke, Marius ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

behavior business ethics; leadership; moral awareness; trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957873282     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0789-x     Document Type: Editorial

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