Ethical investment and workplace bullying: consonances and dissonances

International Journal of Management and Decision Making

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-23

  McCarthy, P ^a   Sheehan, M ^a   Barker, M ^a   Henderson, M ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b M P Henderson Associates Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; ethics; socially responsible management; workplace bullying

Indexed keywords

EID: 50849109044     PISSN: 14624621     EISSN: 17415187     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMDM.2003.002485     Document Type: Article

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