Ethics and lobbying: The case of real estate brokerage

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-35

  Barker, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brokerage; Ethics; Real estate; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249126073     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9434-0     Document Type: Article

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