Ethical thinking in traditional italian economia aziendale and the stakeholder management theory: The search for possible interactions

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 89, Issue SUPPL 3, 2009, Pages 303-318

  Signori, Silvana ^a   Rusconi, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Azienda; Business ethics; Common good; Finalism; Stakeholder managerial theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856613935     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0391-7     Document Type: Article

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