Resisting a corporate code of ethics and the reinforcement of management control

Organization Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 583-604

  Helin, Sven ^a   Sandström, Johan ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Code; Control; Distance; Ethics; Power; Resistance; Travel of ideas

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953211208     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840610372292     Document Type: Article

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