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Toward a Unified Conception of Business Ethics: Integrative Social Contracts Theory
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“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” Alice asked the Cheshire Cat. “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat. “I don't much care where...” said Alice. “Then it doesn't matter which way you go,” said the Cat. (Carroll, 1983: 72)
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- Authors
- Donaldson, T., & Dunfee, T. W.
- Venue
- The Academy of Management Review
- Publisher
- Academy of Management
- Published
- 1994-04
- Volume
- 19
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 252
- ISSN
- 0363-7425
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