Consumer ethics: a cross‐cultural investigation

European Journal of Marketing

Volumn 31, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 750-767

  Al‐Khatib, Jamal A ^a   Vitell, Scott J ^b   Rawwas, Mohammed Y A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Ethics; Globalization; International marketing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000396205     PISSN: 03090566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03090569710190514     Document Type: Article

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