An analysis of the ethical codes of corporations and business schools

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-13

  McCraw, Harrison ^a   Moffeit, Kathy S ^a   O'Malley Jr , John R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^b GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AACSBI; Content of ethical codes; Corporate ethical codes; Ethical codes; Sarbanes Oxley; SEC

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349083251     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9865-2     Document Type: Article

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