Exploring the effects of using consumer culture as a unifying pedagogical framework on the ethical perceptions of MBA students

Business Ethics

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-14

  Burns, David J ^a  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84858249854     PISSN: 09628770     EISSN: 14678608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8608.2011.01636.x     Document Type: Review

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