The deviant organization and the bad apple CEO: Ideology and accountability in media coverage of corporate scandals

Social Forces

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2189-2216

  Benediktsson, Mike Owen ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78049303098     PISSN: 00377732     EISSN: 15347605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/sof.2010.0032     Document Type: Article

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