Business ethics index: Measuring consumer sentiments toward business ethical practices

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 317-326

  Tsalikis, John ^a   Seaton, Bruce ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Consumer sentiment; Ethical practices; Ethics index

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644980671     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-4667-2     Document Type: Article

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