The hope and limits of legal optimism: A comment on the theories of Orts and Nesteruk regarding the impact of law on corporate ethics

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 677-688

  Hoch, David ^a   Hamilton III, J Brooke ^a  

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EID: 20444429132     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3857944     Document Type: Review

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