The impact of ethics code familiarity on manager behavior

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-69

  Wotruba, Thomas R ^a   Chonko, Lawrence B ^b   Loe, Terry W ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Code of ethics; Ethical behavior of managers; Ethical climate; Ethics code familiarity; Ethics in direct selling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035457244     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011925009588     Document Type: Article

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