When Integration Fails: The Logic of Prescription and Description in Business Ethics

In an engaging and provocative paper, Linda Trevino and Gary Weaver spell out the differences between the methodological approach characteristic of the natural sciences on the one hand and that of normative inquiry on the other (Trevino and Weaver, 1991). Near the end of their paper they raise a hau...

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Main Author: Donaldson, Thomas (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1994
In: Business ethics quarterly
Year: 1994, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 157-169
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