Attitudes toward codes of ethics: the effects of corporate misconduct

Management Research News

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 77-89

  Peppas, Spero C ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Corporate strategy; Ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349248838     PISSN: 01409174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409170310783547     Document Type: Article

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