Are individuals who agree that corporate social responsibility is a "fundamentally subversive doctrine" inherently unethical?

Applied Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-152

  Mason, E Sharon ^b   Mudrack, Peter E ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0038873809     PISSN: 0269994X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-0597.1997.tb01221.x     Document Type: Article

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