Strategic approaches of corporate codes of ethics in Australia: A framework for classification and empirical illustration

Corporate Governance

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-101

  Svensson, Göran ^a   Wood, Greg ^b  

^a Oslo School of Management   (Norway)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Business ethics; Classification

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847119510     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700710727140     Document Type: Article

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