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Chapter 9 - Discourse Analysis as a Method for Business Ethics and Corporate Responsibility Research

from Qualitative Approaches

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2017

By
Anna Heikkinen ,
Johanna Kujala ,
Matias Laine  and
Hannele Mäkelä
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Patricia H. Werhane ,
R. Edward Freeman  and
Sergiy Dmytriyev
Patricia H. Werhane
Affiliation:
DePaul University, Chicago
R. Edward Freeman
Affiliation:
University of Virginia
Sergiy Dmytriyev
Affiliation:
University of Virginia
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Cambridge Handbook of Research Approaches to Business Ethics and Corporate Responsibility , pp. 138 - 153
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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