Corporate philanthropy, criminal activity, and firm reputation: Is there a link?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 341-350

  Williams, Robert J ^a   Barrett, J Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Corporate philanthropy; Corporate reputation; Criminal activity; Interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034636877     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006282312238     Document Type: Article

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