Examining the impact of ethics training on business student values

Education and Training

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 170-182

  Allen, William R ^a   Bacdayan, Paul ^a   Kowalski, Kellyann Berube ^a   Roy, Mathew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 21544448332     PISSN: 00400912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00400910510592220     Document Type: Article

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