“Me, myself & I”: Practical egoism, selfishness, self-interest and business ethics

Social Responsibility Journal

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 217-227

  Debeljak, Jelena ^a   Krkač, Kristijan ^a  

^a ZAGREB SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Altruism; Business ethics; Corporate image; Corporate social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993012766     PISSN: 17471117     EISSN: 1758857x     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17471110810856974     Document Type: Article

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