Corporate social responsibility in Portugal: Empirical evidence of corporate behaviour

Corporate Governance: The international journal of business in society

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3-18

  Abreu, Rute ^a   David, Fátima ^a   Crowther, David ^b  

^a Escola Superior Tecnologia Gestão da Guarda   (Portugal)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Corporate communications; Organizations; Portugal; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 28444455235     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700510630013     Document Type: Article

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