Research on marketing ethics: A systematic review of the literature

Journal of Macromarketing

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 256-273

  Nill, Alexander ^a   Schibrowsky, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Categorization; Content analysis; Ethics; Literature; Marketing; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548098681     PISSN: 02761467     EISSN: 15526534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0276146707304733     Document Type: Conference Paper

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