An analysis of federal mail and wire fraud cases related to marketing

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 910-918

  Neese, William T ^a   Ferrell, Linda ^b   Ferrell, O C ^c  

^a BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Fraud; Legal issues; Mail fraud; Marketing; Wire fraud

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144255899     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2004.01.010     Document Type: Article

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