A four-country study of the associations between bribery and unethical actions

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 389-403

  Bernardi, Richard A ^a   Witek, Michael B ^a,b   Melton, Michael R ^a  

^a ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Roger Williams University ^*

Author keywords

Bribery; Social desirability response bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949090716     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9715-2     Document Type: Article

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