Antecedents to the Justification of Norm Violating Behavior Among Business Practitioners

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 163-173

  Vitell, Scott J ^a   Keith, Megan ^a   Mathur, Manisha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

institutionalization of business ethics; moral identity; moral justification; norm violating behavior; religiosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959610092     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0717-5     Document Type: Article

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