Chapter 12 Business Ethics

DOI: 10.23912/978-1-910158-75-3-2877	ISBN: 978-1-910158-75-3
Published: 31 January 2016	Component type: chapter
Published in: Enterprise: Concepts and Issues	Parent DOI: 10.23912/978-1-910158-75-3-2848

10.23912/978-1-910158-75-3-2877

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• Jane Queenan, Heriot-Watt University (author)

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• Norin Arshed, Heriot-Watt University (Editor) http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6775-1840
• Mike Danson, Heriot-Watt University (Editor) http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1041-0022

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Queenan, J. (2016) "Chapter 12 Business Ethics" In: Arshed, N. & Danson, M. (ed) . Oxford: Goodfellow Publishers http://dx.doi.org/10.23912/978-1-910158-75-3-2877

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