Business leaders as citizens of the world. Advancing humanism on a global scale

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 537-550

  Maak, Thomas ^a   Pless, Nicola M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cosmopolitanism; Global business ethics; Responsible leadership; Social justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350576528     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0122-0     Document Type: Article

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