Business ethics in Islam: the glaring gap in practice

International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 278-288

  Abuznaid, Samir Ahmad ^a  

^a HEBRON UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Islam; Managers; Organizational behaviour; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957071605     PISSN: 17538394     EISSN: 17538408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538390911006340     Document Type: Article

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