Codes of ethics: A comparison of the attitudes of future managers in China and the USA

Management Research News

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 383-391

  Peppas, Spero C ^a   Yu, Tyler T ^a  

^a GEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Business ethics; China; Managers; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 70149110636     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170910944326     Document Type: Article

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