Corporate social responsibility as argument on the web

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 355-366

  Coupland, C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b British Academy of Management   (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Corporate web pages; Legitimacy; Rhetoric

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144511331     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-1953-y     Document Type: Review

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