Attitudes of university students toward business ethics: A cross-national investigation of Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-75

  Phau, Ian ^a   Kea, Garick ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Business ethics; Culture; Ethical attitudes and values; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947215451     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9156-8     Document Type: Article

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