The Ethics of Payments: Paper, Plastic, or Bitcoin?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 603-611

  Angel, James J ^a   McCabe, Douglas ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitcoin; Credit cards; Debit cards; Exploitation; Financial ethics; Interchange fees; Payment cards; Payments; Scrip

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952629711     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2354-x     Document Type: Article

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