Does marketing ethics really have anything to say? - A critical inventory of the literature

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 315-334

  Gaski, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Business law; Ethics; Marketing; Marketing and society; Marketing ethics; Marketing law; Public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033077655     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1017190829683     Document Type: Review

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