Corporate codes of ethics and the bending of moral space

Organization

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 529-545

  Jensen, Tommy ^a   Sandström, Johan ^b   Helin, Sven ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Code; Ethics; Morality; Translation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349311563     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508409104507     Document Type: Article

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