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Are Ethical Codes of Conduct Toothless Tigers for Dealing with Employment Discrimination?

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  • Lars-Eric Petersen & Franciska Krings, 2009. "Are Ethical Codes of Conduct Toothless Tigers for Dealing with Employment Discrimination?," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 85(4), pages 501-514, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jbuset:v:85:y:2009:i:4:p:501-514
    DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9785-1
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    3. Sophie Hennekam & Jonathan Peterson & Loubna Tahssain-Gay & Jean-Pierre Dumazert, 2019. "Recruitment discrimination: how organizations use social power to circumvent laws and regulations," Post-Print hal-03232777, HAL.
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    8. Sophie Hennekam & Jonathan Peterson & Loubna Tahssain-Gay & Jean-Pierre Dumazert, 2021. "Recruitment discrimination: how organizations use social power to circumvent laws and regulations," Post-Print hal-03497498, HAL.
    9. Maira Babri & Bruce Davidson & Sven Helin, 2021. "An Updated Inquiry into the Study of Corporate Codes of Ethics: 2005–2016," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 168(1), pages 71-108, January.
    10. Kaptein, S.P., 2009. "From Symbolic to Substantive Documents: When Business Codes of Ethics Impact Unethical Behavior in the Workplace," ERIM Report Series Research in Management ERS-2009-021-ORG, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
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