Ethical codes of conduct and organizational context: A study of the relationship between codes of conduct, employee behavior and organizational values

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 185-195

  Somers, Mark John ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Codes of ethics; Organizational values; Wrongdoing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035285040     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006457810654     Document Type: Article

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