Codes of conduct in organisational context: From cascade to lattice-work of codes

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 471-487

  Preuss, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Codes of conduct; Corporate social responsibility; Environmental protection; Supply chains

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954864605     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0277-8     Document Type: Article

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