Business Ethics, Business Practices, and the Power of the Parable

Business practitioners and academics areconstantly seeking guidelines for improvingethical business practices. In this paper weattempt to explain how the New Testamentparables can be used to provide insight intothis topic. A number of parables deal directly withbusiness topics such as wealth (money...

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Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Coate, Charles J. (Συγγραφέας) ; Mitschow, Mark C. (Συγγραφέας)
Τύπος μέσου: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο
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Έκδοση: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2002
Στο/Στη: Teaching business ethics
Έτος: 2002, Τόμος: 6, Τεύχος: 1, Σελίδες: 127-135
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά:B Professional Life
B Business Practice
B Business Manager
B Business Ethic
B Fundamental Issue
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