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Integrity as a Core Value in Organizations: The Development and Implementation of a Strong Ethical Culture

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Integrity in Organizations

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Lack of trust is listed as the number-one problem facing leaders today (Cunningham, 2002). Within every sector of life, there appears to be a moral collapse among leadership: corporate world, politicians, sports heroes — even the Catholic Church cannot escape the assault on integrity (Shigley, 2010).

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  1. Mercedes Sánchez-Apellániz
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  1. Goethe Business School, Germany

    Wolfgang Amann

  2. Silesian University of Technology, Poland

    Agata Stachowicz-Stanusch (Associate Professor of Management) (Associate Professor of Management)

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Sánchez-Apellániz, M., Charlo, M.J., Núñez, M. (2013). Integrity as a Core Value in Organizations: The Development and Implementation of a Strong Ethical Culture. In: Amann, W., Stachowicz-Stanusch, A. (eds) Integrity in Organizations. Humanism in Business Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137280350_13

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