Spirituality, stewardship, and financial decision-making: Toward a theory of intertemporal stewardship

Managerial Finance

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 957-969

  McCuddy, Michael K ^a   Pirie, Wendy L ^a  

^a VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business history; Corporate social responsibility; Decision making; Ethics; Philosophy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015624962     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074350710831738     Document Type: Article

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