Institutional impediments to voluntary ethics measurement systems

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 66, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 169-175

  Stovall, O Scott ^a   Neill, John D ^a   Reid, Brad ^a  

^a ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business judgment rule; Corporate social responsibility; Ethics measurement systems; Institutional economics; Privilege of self critical analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747838005     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-5574-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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