Board of Directors and Ethics Codes in Different Corporate Governance Systems

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 681-698

  García Sánchez, Isabel María ^a   Rodríguez Domínguez, Luis ^a   Frías Aceituno, José Valeriano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Codes of ethics; Corporate governance; Gender diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947021532     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2300-y     Document Type: Article

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