Keeping public institutions invested in Tobacco

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-176

  Wander, Nathaniel ^a   Malone, Ruth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consulting; Divestment; Ethics; Public health policy; Public investments; Tobacco industry documents

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248547660     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9188-0     Document Type: Article

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