All in the Mind? Ethical Identity and the Allure of Corporate Responsibility

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 101, Issue SUPPL.1, 2011, Pages 5-15

  Baker, Max ^a   Roberts, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate responsibility; Ethical identity; Ethics; Levinas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857690872     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-1171-8     Document Type: Article

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