Supply chain management ethics: Conceptual framework and illustration

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 398-405

  Svensson, Göran ^a   Bth, Hans ^b  

^a Oslo School of Management   (Norway)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Automotive industry; Ethics; Supply chain management; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 53349091917     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13598540810905651     Document Type: Article

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