The ethical climate of government and non-profit organizations implications for public-private partnerships

Public Management Review

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-97

  Rasmussen, Ken ^a   Agarwal, James ^a   Malloy, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Civil servants; Ethics; Government; Management; Non profit; Partnership

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644262725     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1461667022000028825     Document Type: Article

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