Partial Utilitarianism as a suggested ethical framework for evaluating corporate mergers and acquisitions

Business Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 363-378

  Collett, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80054818577     PISSN: 09628770     EISSN: 14678608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8608.2010.01599.x     Document Type: Article

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