Towards a system of global ethics in international business: A Rawlsian manifesto

Management Decision

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1166-1174

  Prasad, Ajnesh ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Globalization; International business; Political philosophy; Social justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 52249122868     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740810901363     Document Type: Article

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