Codes of ethics best practice in the Swedish public sector: A PUBSEC-scale

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 178-195

  Svensson, Göran ^a   Wood, Greg ^b  

^a HALMSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artefacts; Ethics; Public sector organizations; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PUBLIC SECTOR; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 2042422327     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513550410523296     Document Type: Article

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