Socio-cultural change and business ethics in post-soviet countries: The cases of Belarus and Estonia

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-63

  Rees, Christopher J ^a   Miazhevich, Galina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belarus; Business norms; Culture; Estonia; Ethics; Norms; Religion; Soviet

Indexed keywords

EID: 63949088313     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9817-x     Document Type: Article

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