Integrated and decoupled corporate social performance: Management commitments, external pressures, and corporate ethics practices

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 539-552

  Weaver, Gary R ^a   Treviño, Linda Klebe ^a   Cochran, Philip L ^a  

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EID: 0033212326     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/256975     Document Type: Article

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