A social contract theory critique of professional codes of ethics

Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 235-243

  McGraw, David K ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Professional code of ethics; Social contract theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993047132     PISSN: 1477996X     EISSN: 17588871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14779960480000256     Document Type: Article

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