The role of professional codes in regulating ethical conduct

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 363-374

  Higgs Kleyn, Nicola ^a   Kapelianis, Dimitri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Accountants; Codes of conduct; Engineers; Ethics; Laywers; Professionals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033130696     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005899517191     Document Type: Article

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