Does it pay to be good? Social responsibility and financial performance

Business Horizons

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 34-40

  Johnson, Homer H ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 0142119400     PISSN: 00076813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-6813(03)00086-7     Document Type: Article

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