Ethical Distance in Corrupt Firms: How Do Innocent Bystanders Become Guilty Perpetrators?
This paper develops the concept of the ‘continuum of destructiveness’ in relation to organizational corruption. This notion captures the slippery slope of wrongdoing as actors engage in increasingly dubious practices. We identify four kinds of individuals along this continuum in corrupt organization...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2008
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| In: |
Journal of business ethics
Year: 2008, Volume: 78, Issue: 1, Pages: 265-274 |
| Further subjects: | B
Bystander
B ethical distance B Corruption B Business Ethics B Rationalization |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (JSTOR) Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
