Consuming responsibility: The search for calue at Laskarina holidays

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-100

  Gurney, Paul M ^a   Humphreys, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumption; Corporate social responsibility; Interpretive case study; Multiple and coexistent values; Qualitative research; Theoretical reconciliation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33144483145     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-5498-x     Document Type: Article

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