Toward an Ethical Understanding of the Controversial Technology of Online Reverse Auctions

B2B online reverse auctions technology (ORAs) emerged as a popular tool for large buying firms in the late 1990s. However, its growing use has been accompanied by a corresponding increase in unethical behaviors to a point that it has been described as the technology that has triggered more ethical c...

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Authors: Charki, Mohamed Hédi (Author) ; Josserand, Emmanuel (Author) ; Charki, Nabila Boukef (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2011
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2011, Volume: 98, Issue: 1, Pages: 17-37
Further subjects:B Case study
B Narrative
B Unethical Behavior
B Storytelling
B online reverse auctions (ORAs)
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