And all who jumped died: the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire

Management Decision

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 407-421

  Lanier Pence, Patricia ^a   Phillips Carson, Paula ^b   Carson, Kerry D ^b   Hamilton, J Brooke ^b   Birkenmeier, Betty ^b  

^a Southeast Missouri State at Cape Girardeau   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Factories; Fire; Health and Safety; Legislation; Safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986145245     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740310468135     Document Type: Article

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