The status of contemporary business ethics research: Present and future

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 90, Issue SUPPL 3, 2009, Pages 255-265

  Ma, Zhenzhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Citation analysis; Corporate social responsibility; Ethical decision making; Knowledge network

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860004337     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0420-6     Document Type: Article

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