Organizational culture: A framework and strategies for facilitating employee whistleblowing

Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-11

  Berry, Benisa ^a,b  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Regional Compliance and Privacy Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate compliance; Corporate governance; Organizational culture; Organizational integrity; Whistleblowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144532379     PISSN: 08927545     EISSN: 15733378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ERRJ.0000017516.40437.b1     Document Type: Article

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