College courses in ethics: Do they really make a difference?

International Journal of Educational Management

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 347-353

  Peppas, Spero C ^a   Diskin, Barry A ^b  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business education; Business ethics; Ethics; Higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043081753     PISSN: 0951354X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513540110407947     Document Type: Article

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