Child workers, globalization, and international business ethics: A case study in Brazil's export-oriented shoe industry

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 615-640

  Lawrence French, J ^a   Wokutch, Richard E ^a  

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EID: 27144542044     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/beq200515443     Document Type: Review

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