Suggested management responses to ethical issues raised by technological change

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 12-13, 1997, Pages 1393-1400

  Cordeiro, William P ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical framework; Ethical issues; Ethics; Management; Technological change; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040955116     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004934924242     Document Type: Article

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