Medieval or modern? A scholastic's view of business ethics, circa 1430

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-119

  Wren, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Caveat venditor; Contracts of merchants; Incunabula; Just price; Medieval moral philosophy; Scholastic economic thought; Usury

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034310961     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006270724454     Document Type: Article

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