Linking Purchasing to Ethical Decision-Making: An Empirical Investigation

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 327-338

  Husser, Jocelyn ^a   Gautier, Laurence ^a   André, Jean Marc ^b   Lespinet Najib, Véronique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b IPB   (France)

Author keywords

Contextualism; Ethical relativism; Multidimensional ethical scale; Purchasing dilemmas; Supplier buyer relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905980260     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-1838-4     Document Type: Article

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