International standards of business conduct: Framework and illustration

European Business Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 260-274

  Svensson, Göran ^a   Wood, Greg ^b  

^a Oslo School of Management   (Norway)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business conduct; Code of ethics; Ethical values; Ethics artefacts; Standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449091881     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555340810871446     Document Type: Article

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