Closing reflection "ethical blowback": The missing piece in the corporate governance puzzle - The risks to a company which fails to understand and respect its social contract

Corporate Governance

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 534-541

  Donaldson, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Economic reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 39449135676     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700710820614     Document Type: Article

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