A longitudinal and contextual analysis of media representation of business ethics

European Business Review

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 377-396

  Barkemeyer, R ^a   Holt, D ^a   Figge, F ^a   Napolitano, G ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Newspapers; Press relations; United Kingdom; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954227104     PISSN: 0955534X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09555341011056168     Document Type: Article

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