Why employees and managers engage in unethical practices

The scope of this paper is to investigate the reasons as to why employees and managers in the workplace engage willingly in unethical practices. The paper begins by exploring the concept of ethics in the corporate world. It further highlights the different forms of unethical practices in the various...

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1. VerfasserIn: Boomsma, Dorret I (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Schulz, Susanne ; Oldehinkel, Albertine J ; Oerlemans, Anoek M ; Nelemans, Stefanie ; Meeus, Wim ; Koopman-Verhoeff, M Elisabeth ; Hillegers, Manon H J ; Hartman, Catharina A ; Geeraerts, Sanne ; de Zeeuw, Eveline L ; Branje, Susan
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2018
In:Jahr: 2018
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