Reconciling rules and principles: An ethics-based approach to corporate governance

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 177-185

  Sama, Linda M ^a   Shoaf, Victoria ^b  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Integrative Social Contracts Theory (ISCT); Sarbanes Oxley Act

Indexed keywords

EID: 21644458498     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-1402-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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