A Social Contract for International Business Ethics

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-90

  Neiman, Paul ^a  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Contractarian; Environment; Global business; International; Rawls; Social contract; Wages

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877772669     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1332-4     Document Type: Article

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