Organized decoupling of management control systems: an exploratory study of traders' unethical behavior

Enduring unethical behavior in trading has generated much research interest, and scholars disagree on the reasons for this situation. According to MacIntyre (2015), this has to do with the personal traits of traders, whereas Rocchi and Thunder (2019) argue this is due to permissive work environment...

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Authors: Laguecir, Aziza (Author) ; Leca, Bernard 1968- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2022
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2022, Volume: 181, Issue: 1, Pages: 153-169
Further subjects:B Financial trading
B Unethical Behavior
B Management control systems
B Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
B Organized decoupling
B Organized hypocrisy
B Organizational Culture
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