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Guest Editors' Introduction: New Challenges to the Enlightenment: How Twenty-First-Century Sociotechnological Systems Facilitate Organized Immaturity and How to Counteract It

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Guest Editors' Introduction: New Challenges to the Enlightenment: How Twenty-First-Century Sociotechnological Systems Facilitate Organized Immaturity and How to Counteract It. / Scherer, Andreas Georg; Neesham, Cristina; Schoeneborn, Dennis et al.
In: Business Ethics Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 3, 25.07.2023, p. 409-439.

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Harvard

Scherer, AG, Neesham, C, Schoeneborn, D & Scholz, M 2023, 'Guest Editors' Introduction: New Challenges to the Enlightenment: How Twenty-First-Century Sociotechnological Systems Facilitate Organized Immaturity and How to Counteract It', Business Ethics Quarterly, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 409-439. https://doi.org/10.1017/beq.2023.7

APA

Scherer, A. G., Neesham, C., Schoeneborn, D., & Scholz, M. (2023). Guest Editors' Introduction: New Challenges to the Enlightenment: How Twenty-First-Century Sociotechnological Systems Facilitate Organized Immaturity and How to Counteract It. Business Ethics Quarterly, 33(3), 409-439. https://doi.org/10.1017/beq.2023.7

Vancouver

Scherer AG, Neesham C, Schoeneborn D, Scholz M. Guest Editors' Introduction: New Challenges to the Enlightenment: How Twenty-First-Century Sociotechnological Systems Facilitate Organized Immaturity and How to Counteract It. Business Ethics Quarterly. 2023 Jul 25;33(3):409-439. doi: 10.1017/beq.2023.7

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