Getting real: Stakeholder theory, managerial practice, and the general irrelevance of fiduciary duties owed to shareholders

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 273-293

  Marens, Richard ^a   Wicks, Andrew ^a  

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EID: 0012204325     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/10.2307/3857475     Document Type: Article

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