Merrill Lynch: Corporate apologia and business fraud

Public Relations Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 459-466

  Hearit, Keith Michael ^a   Brown, Jennifer ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ottawa County Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Business fraud; Corporate apologia; Public relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 8844278388     PISSN: 03638111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pubrev.2004.08.008     Document Type: Article

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