Moral markets and moral managers revisited

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-141

  Smith, Jeffery D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate stakeholders; Economic theory of the firm; Enron; John Boatright; Morality of markets; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444581680     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-8713-x     Document Type: Article

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