Toward a Theory of the Ethics of Bureaucratic Organizations

This essay articulates a crucial and neglected element of a general theory of the ethics of bureaucratic organizations, both private and public. The key to the approach developed here is the thesis that the distinctive ethical principles applicable to bureaucratic organizations are responses to the...

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Main Author: Buchanan, Allen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1996
In: Business ethics quarterly
Year: 1996, Volume: 6, Issue: 4, Pages: 419-440
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