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Family Business Ethics: A Literature Review and Research Agenda

Marcos Ferasso, Tatiana Beliaeva, Sascha Kraus, Paul Jones Orcid Logo, Tobias Gössling

Journal of Business Ethics, Volume: 202, Issue: 1, Pages: 141 - 159

Swansea University Author: Paul Jones Orcid Logo

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Ethical issues in family businesses become increasingly relevant for businesses, societies and, consequently, organization scholars which manifests in a growing number of publications in the field over the years. Considerable knowledge generated in the area needs to be systematically structured and...

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ISSN: 0167-4544 1573-0697
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