Improving Case-Based Ethics Training with Codes of Conduct and Forecasting Content

Ethics and Behavior

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 258-280

  Harkrider, Lauren N ^a   Thiel, Chase E ^b   Bagdasarov, Zhanna ^a   Mumford, Michael D ^a   Johnson, James F ^a   Connelly, Shane ^a   Devenport, Lynn D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Management Department   (United States)

Author keywords

case based learning; codes of conduct; ethical decision making; forecasting; sensemaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863531758     PISSN: 10508422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10508422.2012.661311     Document Type: Article

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