Developing and sustaining an ethical corporate culture: The core elements

Business Horizons

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-50

  Schwartz, Mark S ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethical corporate culture; Ethical leadership; Ethical values; Ethics programs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871015452     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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