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The Co-operative Bank 1

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Research commissioned by The Co-operative Bank in 1993 revealed an increasingly high ethical awareness of British businessmen engaged in the pursuit of corporate profits, but a reluctance to sacrifice personal comfort for certain moral principles.

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Authors
  1. Alan Kitson
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  2. Robert Campbell
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© 1996 Alan Kitson and Robert Campbell

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Kitson, A., Campbell, R. (1996). The Co-operative Bank 1. In: The Ethical Organisation. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-24405-8_5

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