Positive Organizational Ethics: Cultivating and Sustaining Moral Performance

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 435-444

  Sekerka, Leslie E ^a   Comer, Debra R ^b   Godwin, Lindsey N ^c  

^a Menlo College   (United States)

^b HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHAMPLAIN COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 84893320343     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-1911-z     Document Type: Editorial

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