The role of moral knowledge in everyday immorality: What does it matter if I know what is right?

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 124-137

  Reynolds, Scott J ^a   Dang, Carolyn T ^a   Yam, Kai Chi ^a   Leavitt, Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive moral development theory; Moral disengagement; Theory testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892754245     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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