Ethics codes and sales professionals' perceptions of their organizations' ethical values

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 191-200

  Valentine, Sean ^a   Barnett, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate ethical values; Ethical environment; Ethics codes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141634055     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020574217618     Document Type: Review

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