On the psychology of preventing and dealing with ethical failures: A behavioral ethics approach

Managerial Ethics: Managing the Psychology of Morality

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 111-125

  de Cremer, David ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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