The Global Economic Ethic Manifesto: Implementing a Moral Values Foundation in the Multinational Enterprise

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-230

  Hemphill, Thomas A ^a   Lillevik, Waheeda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN FLINT   (United States)

^b The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

corporate governance; Global Economic Ethic Manifesto; human resource management; moral values; multinational enterprise; United Nations Global Compact

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959801444     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0718-4     Document Type: Article

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