The morality of employee theft: Teaching about ethics and deviant behavior in the workplace

Journal of Management Education

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 135-152

  Kidwell, Roland E ^a   Kochanowski, Susan M ^a  

^a NIAGARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

business ethics; case studies; employee theft; ethical decision making; organizational culture; organizational deviance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990318048     PISSN: 10525629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1052562903261180     Document Type: Article

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