Cultural values and international differences in business ethics

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 273-284

  Scholtens, Bert ^a   Dam, Lammertjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Codes of ethics; Cultural values

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548812583     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9252-9     Document Type: Article

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