The Effects of Corporate Ethical Values and Personal Moral Philosophies on Ethical Intentions in Selling Situations: Evidence from Turkish, Thai, and American Businesspeople

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 229-241

  Marta, Janet ^a   Singhapakdi, Anusorn ^b   Lee, Dong Jin ^c   Burnaz, Sebnem ^d   Topcu, Y Ilker ^d   Atakan, M G Serap ^e   Ozkaracalar, Tugrul ^f  

^a NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e ISTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^f ISIK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Corporate ethical values; Cross national study; Ethical intentions in selling situations; Personal moral philosophies; Turkish, Thai, and American businesspeople

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858708993     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0992-9     Document Type: Article

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