Safety and ethics in the global workplace: Asymmetries in culture and infrastructure

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-106

  Lorenzo, Oswaldo ^a   Esqueda, Paul ^b   Larson, Janelle ^b  

^a IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate citizenship; Global workplaces; High risk workplaces; Safety culture; Safety ethics; Transport related workplaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 75949123617     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0142-9     Document Type: Article

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