Doing business with rights violating regimes corporate social responsibility and Myanmar's military junta

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 329-342

  Holliday, Ian ^a,b  

^a Department of Policy Studies ^*  (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Burma; Business ethics; Constructive engagement; Corporate social responsibility; Foreign direct investment; Multinational corporations; Myanmar; Sanctions; Socially responsible investment

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844546628     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-8178-y     Document Type: Article

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