Out of the mouths of babes: Business ethics and youths in Asia

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-144

  Ang, Swee Hoon ^a   Leong, Siew Meng ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ethics; Guanxi; Machiavellianism; Mianzi; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034310956     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006225330894     Document Type: Article

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