A cross-cultural assessment of attitudes of business students toward business ethics: A comparison of China and the USA

Chinese Management Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 243-256

  Peppas, Spero C ^a   yu, Tyler T ^a  

^a GEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Business ethics; China; Corporate social responsibility; Students; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986082913     PISSN: 1750614X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506140710828523     Document Type: Article

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