Towards the ethical or the unethical side? An explorative research of Greek business students' attitudes

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 348-364

  Karassavidou, Eleonora ^a   Glaveli, Niki ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ethics; Greece; Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745475518     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513540610676421     Document Type: Article

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