Buy bribes or bye-bye bribes: The future status of bribery in international commerce

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 695-711

  Weber, James ^a,b   Getz, Kathleen ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 8644254964     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/beq200414441     Document Type: Conference Paper

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