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Not Nice, Not in Control: Management, Ethics and Self-Deception in the Modern Corporation

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Bartlett, A., Preston, D.S. Not Nice, Not in Control: Management, Ethics and Self-Deception in the Modern Corporation. Philos. of Manag. 3, 37–46 (2003). https://doi.org/10.5840/pom20033112

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