The CEO's influence on corporate foundation giving

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 47-60

  Werbel, James D ^a   Carter, Suzanne M ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Corporate philanthropy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141627397     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019904820344     Document Type: Review

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