Business ethics journal rankings as perceived by business ethics scholars

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 227-237

  Albrecht, Chad ^a   Thompson, Jeffery A ^b   Hoopes, Jeffrey L ^c   Rodrigo, Pablo ^d  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBÁÑEZ   (Chile)

Author keywords

Academic community; Business ethics scholars; CSR; Journal quality; Ranking; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955173061     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0356-x     Document Type: Article

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