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Identifying the Gaps in Ethical Perceptions between Managers and Salespersons: A Multidimensional Approach

This research examines, in a general manner, the degree and character of perceptual congruity between salespeople and managers on ethical issues. Salespeople and managers from a diversity of organizations were presented with three scenarios having varying degrees of ethical content and were asked to...

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Published in:Journal of business ethics 1992-11, Vol.11 (11), p.849-856
Main Authors: Henthorne, Tony L., Robin, Donald P., Reidenbach, R. Eric
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Business ethics
Differences
Ethical behavior
Ethics
Management
Managers
Marketing
Moral judgment
Morality
Perceptions
Questionnaires
Retail trade
Sales
Sales management
Sales personnel
Sales presentations
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Social ethics
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