A Cross-Cultural Application of a Theoretical Model of Business Ethics: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Data

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 359-376

  Cherry, John ^a   Lee, Monle ^b   Chien, Charles S ^c  

^a SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND   (United States)

^c FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Cross cultural analysis; Ethical decision making; Marketing; Taiwan; Theoretical models of ethics; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347931651     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023615520293     Document Type: Article

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