A Person--Organization Discontinuity in Contract Perception: Why Corporations Can Get Away with Breaking Contracts But Individuals Cannot
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corporate personhood; moral judgment; breach of contract; moral heuristics; corporate regulation; organizational perception; contract theory;All these keywords.
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