Nature of corporate responsibilities perspectives from American, French, and German consumers

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-67

  Maignan, Isabelle ^a   Ferrell, O C ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Ethics; Responsible consumption; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037217963     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0148-2963(01)00222-3     Document Type: Article

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