Profits, Layoffs, and Priorities

This study examines the deliberations of professional MBA students when presented with a dilemma that weighs the difference between commitments to profit- maximization against concerns for fired workers who would need to seek a new job during a recession. Using content analysis, accounting, economic...

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Authors: Arce, Daniel G. (Author) ; Li, Sherry Xin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2011
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2011, Volume: 101, Issue: 1, Pages: 49-60
Further subjects:B Experimental Economics
B Business Ethics
B Downsizing
B Content Analysis
B Profits
B Self-interest
B Recession
B layoffs
B Unemployment
B Behavioral economics
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