A behavioral model of ethical and unethical decision making

Citation Classics from The Journal of Business Ethics: Celebrating the First Thirty Years of Publication

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 97-117

  Bommer, Michael ^a   Gratto, Clarence ^a   Gravander, Jerry ^a   Tuttle, Mark ^a  

^a CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4126-3_5     Document Type: Chapter

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