Moral choice and the declining influence of traditional value orientations within the financial sector of a rapidly developing region of the People's Republic of China

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-60

  Woodbine, Gordon Francis ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

agency theory; moral choice; People's Republic of China; personal value orientations

Indexed keywords

EID: 10044258827     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-004-5592-5     Document Type: Article

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