Peaceful Warriors: Private Military Security Companies and the Quest for Stable Societies

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 89, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages 387-401

  Mayer, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

Author keywords

Crimes and torts of PMSCs; Ethics of private military companies; Montreux Document; Peace through commerce; U.N. peacekeeping

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952423168     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0400-x     Document Type: Article

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