Ethical governance: Beyond good practices and standards

Management Decision

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1132-1145

  Agatiello, Osvaldo R ^a  

^a Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Best practice; Corporate social responsibility; Corruption; Ethics; Globalization; Governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 52249112918     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740810901345     Document Type: Article

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