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Managers and Moral Dissonance: Self Justification as a Big Threat to Ethical Management?

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  • Jonathan Lowell, 2012. "Managers and Moral Dissonance: Self Justification as a Big Threat to Ethical Management?," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 105(1), pages 17-25, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jbuset:v:105:y:2012:i:1:p:17-25
    DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0931-9
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    1. M. Keith Chen, 2008. "Rationalization and Cognitive Dissonance: Do Choices Affect or Reflect Preferences?," Levine's Working Paper Archive 122247000000002336, David K. Levine.
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