Teaching Business Ethics: A Quandary for Accounting Educators

Journal of Education for Business

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 132-138

  Frank, Gary ^a   Ofobike, Emeka ^a   Gradisher, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting ethics; Business ethics; Ethics; Teaching ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865354332     PISSN: 08832323     EISSN: 19403356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08832320903252413     Document Type: Article

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