Questioning corporate codes of ethics

Business Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-279

  Painter Morland, Mollie ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79951509832     PISSN: 09628770     EISSN: 14678608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8608.2010.01591.x     Document Type: Article

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