Does east meet west in business ethics: An introduction to the special issue

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 79, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 1-8

  Donleavy, Gabriel D ^a   Lam, Kit Chun Joanna ^b,d   Ho, Simon S M ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c School of Business

^d HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asian values; Bribery; Business ethics; China; Corruption; CSR; Ethical frameworks

Indexed keywords

EID: 43449096379     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9384-6     Document Type: Article

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