Measuring corporate integrity: A survey-based approach

Corporate Governance

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-54

  Kaptein, Muel ^a,b   Avelino, Scott ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b KPMG   (Netherlands)

^c KPMG LLP   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditing; Ethics; Leadership; Legislation; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844437223     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700510583467     Document Type: Review

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