Do international management researchers need a code of ethics?

Management International Review

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-126

  Stening, Bruce W ^a   Skubik, Daniel W ^b  

^a The University of New South Wales Singapore   (Singapore)

^b CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; International; Management; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847650853     PISSN: 09388249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11575-007-0006-4     Document Type: Article

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