"Human Quality Treatment": Five Organizational Levels

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 457-471

  Melé, Domènec ^a  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Development; Ethics of care; Human flourishing; Human Quality Treatment; Human resource management; Humanistic management; Indifference; Justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898462090     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-1999-1     Document Type: Article

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