Is the delphi method valid for business ethics? A survey analysis

European Journal of Futures Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  San Jose, Leire ^a,b   Retolaza, Jose Luis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Consensus; Ethical Decision Making (EDM); Fuzzy; Management; Research method

Indexed keywords

EID: 85098806151     PISSN: 21954194     EISSN: 21952248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40309-016-0109-x     Document Type: Article

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