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Mills, A., Robinson, R. (2018). Aboriginal Ethics: Traditional and Contemporary. In: Poff, D., Michalos, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23514-1_328-1

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