Legislated ethics: From enron to sarbanes-oxley, the impact on corporate America

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-54

  Rockness, Howard ^a   Rockness, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate culture; Corporate ethics; Financial reporting fraud; Financial reporting regulation; Internal control; Sarbanes Oxley Act

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144363596     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-004-3819-0     Document Type: Article

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