Work Ethic and Ethical Work: Distortions in the American Dream

@article{Porter2010WorkEA,
  title={Work Ethic and Ethical Work: Distortions in the American Dream},
  author={Gayle Porter},
  journal={Journal of Business Ethics},
  year={2010},
  volume={96},
  pages={535-550},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:143991044}
}
  • G. Porter
  • Published 23 April 2010
  • Economics, Business, Sociology
  • Journal of Business Ethics
Economic progress in the United States has been attributed to the successful combination of two social structures – capitalism as an economic system and democracy as a political system. At the heart… 
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