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It would appear that corporations operating in Sweden have embraced the ethos of codes of ethics differently to their Canadian and/or Australian counterparts and that in each culture the way that companies fashion their approach to business ethics appears to be in line with their national, cultural values.
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Svensson, G., Wood, G., Singh, J., Callaghan, M. (2015). Codes of Ethics Artefacts in Australia, Canada and Sweden: A Longitudinal Study. In: Robinson, Jr., L. (eds) Proceedings of the 2008 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference. Developments in Marketing Science: Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10963-3_158
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