Proximity and micro-enterprise manager's ethics:A french empirical study of responsible business attitudes

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 749-762

  Courrent, Jean Marie ^a   Gundolf, Katherine ^a  

^a MONTPELLIER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

Ethics; Management; Micro enterprise; Proximity; Ties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862616913     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9979-6     Document Type: Article

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