Ethical business cultures: A literature review and implications for HRD

Human Resource Development Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-244

  Ardichvili, Alexandre ^a   Jondle, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Ethical business culture; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 66049139501     PISSN: 15344843     EISSN: 15526712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534484309334098     Document Type: Review

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