Constructing illegitimacy? Cartels and cartel agreements in finnish business media from critical discursive perspective

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 493-511

  Siltaoja, Marjo E ^a   Vehkaperä, Meri J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Business media; Cartels; Critical discourse analysis; Finland; Questionable business; Social legitimacy; Whistleblowing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949913753     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0169-y     Document Type: Article

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