Ethical performance evaluation (EPE) in business practices: Framework and case illustrations

European Business Review

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 420-430

  Svensson, Göran ^a   Wood, Greg ^b  

^a Oslo School of Management   (Norway)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Ethics; Performance appraisal; Performance monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548042035     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555340710818996     Document Type: Article

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