About behaving (un)ethically: Self-interest, deception, and fairness

Behavioral Business Ethics: Shaping an Emerging Field

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 105-121

  van Dijk, Eric ^a   de Kwaadsteniet, Erik W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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