Questioning the domain of the business ethics curriculum

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 357-369

  Crane, Andrew ^a,b   Matten, Dirk ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Civil society; Curriculum; Europe; Globalization; Government; Institutions; Law; Scandals

Indexed keywords

EID: 12144264330     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-004-1825-x     Document Type: Review

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