Making sense of the diversity of ethical decision making in business: An illustration of the indian context

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 171-186

  Patel, Taran ^a   Schaefer, Anja ^b  

^a LA ROCHELLE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Code of ethics; Culture and ethics; Douglasian Cultural Theory; Methodological individualism; Shareholder approach; Stakeholder approach

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867141838     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0034-z     Document Type: Article

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