Effects of a Business Ethics Elective on Hong Kong Undergraduates' Attitudes Toward Corporate Ethics and Social Responsibility

Business and Society

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 558-591

  Simmons, Richard S ^a   Shafer, William E ^a   Snell, Robin S ^a  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

business ethics education; corporate ethics; Machiavellianism; personal values; social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887516350     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650309350282     Document Type: Article

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