Consumer ethics in Japan: An economic reconstruction of Moral agency of Japanese firms - Qualitative insights from Grocery/Retail Markets

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-44

  Wagner Tsukamoto, Sigmund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economics moral agency consumer ethics; Japanese consumer industry; Managerial perceptions on business ethics; Qualitative empirical research; Three types of moral agency

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349108685     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9671-x     Document Type: Article

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