Ahoy there! toward greater congruence and synergy between international business and business ethics theory and research

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 481-502

  Doh, Jonathan ^a   Husted, Bryan W ^a   Matten, Dirk ^a   Santoro, Michael ^a  

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EID: 77955688232     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/beq201020331     Document Type: Article

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