Vocational Virtue Ethics: Prospects for a Virtue Ethic Approach to Business

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 283-296

  McPherson, David ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aristotle; Bellah, Robert; Business Ethics; Calling; MacIntyre, Alasdair; Virtue Ethics; Vocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884415674     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1463-7     Document Type: Article

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