Management Students' Attitudes Toward Business Ethics: A Comparison Between France and Romania

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 391-406

  Bageac, Daniel ^a   Furrer, Olivier ^b   Reynaud, Emmanuelle ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ATBEQ; attitude toward business ethics; business ethics; France; Romania

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751566715     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0555-5     Document Type: Article

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