Business faculty perceptions and actions regarding ethics education

Journal of Academic Ethics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 121-136

  Beauvais, Laura L ^a   Desplaces, David E ^b   Melchar, David E ^c   Bosco, Susan M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b School of Business   (United States)

^c ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic integrity; Curriculum; Ethics; Teaching ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249035726     PISSN: 15701727     EISSN: 15728544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10805-007-9046-4     Document Type: Article

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