Is guanxi ethical? A normative analysis of doing business in China

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 191-204

  Dunfee, Thomas W ^a,b   Warren, Danielle E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bribery; China; Corruption; Guanxi; Hypernorms; Normative

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035435038     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1010766721683     Document Type: Review

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