Some important factors underlying ethical decisions of Middle-Eastern marketers

International Marketing Review

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2004, Pages

  Mullin Marta, Janet K ^a   Singhapakdi, Anusorn ^b   Attia, Ashraf ^c   Vitell, Scott J ^d  

^a NORTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Ethics; Middle East; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642345033     PISSN: 02651335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02651330410522916     Document Type: Article

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