A Review of the Empirical Ethical Decision-Making Literature: 2004-2011

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 221-259

  Craft, Jana L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Awareness; Behavior; Ethical decision making; Intent; Judgment; Literature review; Moral intensity; Rest's model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885639899     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1518-9     Document Type: Review

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