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Who Influences Debates in Business Ethics? An Investigation into the Development of Corporate Governance in the UK since 1990

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Corporate governance has been defined as ‘the system by which companies are directed and controlled’.1 As such, corporate governance relates to the organisation and functioning of the company board of directors. In the UK, the debate about corporate governance has a number of key elements.2

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  1. Ian W. Jones
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. University of Exeter and Research Associate, Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge, UK

    Ian W. Jones (Visiting Professor of International Management) (Visiting Professor of International Management)

  2. University of Cambridge, UK

    Michael G. Pollitt (Senior Lecturer in Business Economics) (Senior Lecturer in Business Economics)

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Jones, I.W., Pollitt, M.G. (2002). Who Influences Debates in Business Ethics? An Investigation into the Development of Corporate Governance in the UK since 1990. In: Jones, I.W., Pollitt, M.G. (eds) Understanding How Issues in Business Ethics Develop. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230511033_2

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