Some Empirical Evidence of Chinese Accounting System and Business Management Practices from an Ethical Perspective

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 353-378

  Islam, M ^a   Gowing, M ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accounting practice; Business culture; Centralized economy; Ethics; Government regulation and control; Institutional trust; Market economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346040113     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022524612691     Document Type: Article

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