Reconsidering Virtue: Differences of Perspective in Virtue Ethics and the Positive Social Sciences

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 445-460

  Bright, David S ^a   Winn, Bradley A ^b   Kanov, Jason ^c  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Organizational virtue; Organizational virtuousness; Positive organizational ethics; Positive organizational scholarship; Positive psychology; Positive social science; Virtue; Virtue ethics; Virtue theory; Virtues

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895901941     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-1832-x     Document Type: Article

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