Moral Intensity and Ethical Decision-Making: A Contextual Extension

Data Base for Advances in Information Systems

Volumn 37, Issue , 2006, Pages 86-95

  Goles, Tim ^a   White, Gregory B ^a   Beebe, Nicole ^a   Dorantes, Carlos A ^a   Hewitt, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical Decision making; Ethics; Intentions; Moral Intensity; Perceived Ethical Problems; PLS

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012130238     PISSN: 00950033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1161345.1161357     Document Type: Article

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