Corporate ethical policies in large corporations in Argentina, Brazil and Spain

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-38

  Melé, Domènec ^a,g   Debeljuh, Patricia ^b,c   Arruda, M Cecilia ^d,e,f,g,h  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ARGENTINA DE LA EMPRESA   (Argentina)

^c Latin American Association of Ethics Business and Economics (ALENE)   (United States)

^d FUNDAÇÃO GETÚLIO VARGAS   (Brazil)

^e ALENE (Latin American Business Ethics Network)   (United States)

^f Center of Studies for Ethic   (Brazil)

^g Economics and Ethics   (Spain)

^h University of Navarra ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Argentina; Brazil; Business ethics policy; Codes of conduct; Institutionalization of business ethics; Spain; Values statement

Indexed keywords

EID: 29644447079     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-7100-y     Document Type: Article

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