Building peace in fragile states - building trust is essential for effective public-private partnerships

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 89, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages 481-494

  Abramov, Igor ^a  

^a Adelaide Health Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

Building peace; Capacity building; Corporate responsibility; Corruption; Ethics; Good governance; Public private partnership; Rule of law

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952421968     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0402-8     Document Type: Article

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