Establishing the role of empirical studies of organizational justice in philosophical inquiries into business ethics

The present article attempts to evaluate various tenets of moral philosophy by reviewing empirical data from the field of organizational justice bearing on: (a) people's concerns about fairness in organizations, and (b) the consequences of following or not following rules of justice. With respe...

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Authors: Greenberg, Jerald (Author) ; Bies, Robert J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 1992
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 1992, Volume: 11, Issue: 5, Pages: 433-444
Further subjects:B Human Nature
B Empirical Data
B Business Ethic
B Empirical Research
B Economic Growth
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