The common good of the firm in the Aristotelian-Thomistic tradition

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 211-246

  Sison, Alejo José G ^a   Fontrodona, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Common good; Justice; Theory of the firm; Virtue

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875198336     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/beq201222218     Document Type: Article

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