The Influence of Corporate Psychopaths on Corporate Social Responsibility and Organizational Commitment to Employees

This study investigated whether employee perceptions of corporate social responsibility (CSR) were associated with the presence of Corporate Psychopaths in corporations. The article states that, as psychopaths are 1% of the population, it is logical to assume that every large corporation has psychop...

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Authors: Boddy, Clive R. (Author) ; Ladyshewsky, Richard K. (Author) ; Galvin, Peter (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2010
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2010, Volume: 97, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-19
Further subjects:B Leadership
B Corporate social responsibility
B Corporate Psychopaths
B Morals
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