Living in agreement with a contract: The management of moral and viable firm-stakeholder relationships

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-258

  Pajunen, Kalle ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Contractualism; Cooperation; Dilemmas; Ethics; Moral; Stakeholder theory; Strategic management; Viability

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750442880     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9013-9     Document Type: Review

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