Honorableness or Beneficialness? Cicero on Natural Law, Virtues, Glory, and (Corporate) Reputation

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 751-767

  Aßländer, Michael S ^a  

^a International Graduate School Zittau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beneficialness; Cicero; Corporate citizenship; Corporate reputation; Honorableness; Natural law; Virtuous behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884819960     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-1819-7     Document Type: Article

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