The relevance and value of confucianism in contemporary business ethics

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 347-360

  Chan, Gary Kok Yew ^a  

^a SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Confucian ethics; Hierarchy; Human virtue; Reciprocity; The doctrine of the mean

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749064464     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9354-z     Document Type: Article

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