Moral and Amoral Conceptions of Trust, with an Application in Organizational Ethics

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-13

  Cohen, Marc A ^a   Dienhart, John ^a  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Moral relationships; Organizational ethics; Transaction cost theory of the firm; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872358901     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1218-5     Document Type: Article

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