Corporate social responsibility: Views from the frontline

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 279-296

  Whitehouse, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Civil regulation; Corporate charitable giving; Corporate responsibility; Corporate social responsibility; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344448289     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-3243-0     Document Type: Review

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