Corporate social performance as a bottom line for consumers

Business and Society

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 442-461

  Meijer, May May ^a   Schuyt, Theo ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Consumers; Corporate social performance (CSP); Corporate social responsibility (CSR); The netherlands; Triple bottom line

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844432074     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650305281659     Document Type: Review

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