Corporate governance and business ethics in North America: The state of the art

Business and Society

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 40-73

  Ryan, Lori Verstegen ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Governance; Stakeholder

Indexed keywords

EID: 23444436361     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650305274850     Document Type: Review

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