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Moral Intensity and Ethical Decision-making: An Empirical Examination of Undergraduate Accounting and Business Students

Breda Sweeney NUI Galway, IrelandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Fiona Costello KPMG
Pages 75-97 | Received 01 Aug 2006, Accepted 01 Oct 2007, Published online: 09 Mar 2011

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