Moving beyond compliance and control: building a values-based corporate governance culture supportive of a culture of mutual accountability

International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics

Volumn 1, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 192-209

  Sundrum, Elisabeth ^a  

^a eCultureTeam   (Germany)

Author keywords

code of conduct; corporate culture; corporate ethics; corporate fraud; corporate governance; ethical business practices; Sarbanes Oxley; values; values alignment; values assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945725884     PISSN: 14779048     EISSN: 1741802X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijbge.2004.005255     Document Type: Article

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