A business ethics national index (BENI): Measuring business ethics activity around the world

Business and Society

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 382-405

  Schwartz, Mark S ^a   Weber, James ^b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Global ethics; Measuring ethics activity; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746602174     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650305285395     Document Type: Article

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