Fostering corporate social responsibility through public initiative: From the EU to the spanish case

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 275-293

  De La Cuesta González, Marta ^a,b,d   Valor Martinez, Carmen ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b Economistas Sin Fronteras Foundation   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d Fac Cie Economicas Y E   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accountability; Codes of conduct; Corporate social responsibility regulation; Europen Union; Sustainable evelopment

Indexed keywords

EID: 12744267840     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-004-0994-y     Document Type: Review

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