The Power of Speech Acts: Reflections on a Performative Concept of Ethical Oaths in Economics and Business

Review of Social Economy

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 187-208

  Blok, Vincent ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ethical oath; Levinas; performative; professional oath; speech act

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879057922     PISSN: 00346764     EISSN: 14701162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00346764.2013.799965     Document Type: Article

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