Business ethics and organizational values: A systems-theoretical analysis

Business Ethics and Organizational Values: A Systems-Theoretical Analysis

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-249

  Thyssen, Ole ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230250932     Document Type: Book

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