Students' Perceptions of Business Ethics: Using Cheating as a Surrogate for Business Situations

Journal of Education for Business

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 229-239

  Smyth, Lynnette S ^a   Davis, James R ^b   Kroncke, Charles O ^c  

^a GORDON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Anderson University South Carolina   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

Author keywords

business ethics; cheating and ethics; student cheating

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951136923     PISSN: 08832323     EISSN: 19403356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JOEB.84.4.229-239     Document Type: Article

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