Corporate governance convergence and moral relativism

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 107-119

  West, Andrew ^a,b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Governance system convergence; Morality of governance systems; Stakeholder theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 58449123487     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2008.00722.x     Document Type: Article

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