Business Ethics Should Study Illicit Businesses: To Advance Respect for Human Rights

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 497-509

  Byrne, Edmund F ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

corporate crime; corporate social responsibility; human rights; illicit business; international law; organized crime; UNGC

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053899682     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0885-y     Document Type: Article

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