Adoption of corporate social responsibility codes by multinational companies

Journal of Asian Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 50-55

  Levis, Julien ^a  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

Civil society; Codes of conduct; Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility; Legitimacy; Litigation; Multinational companies; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644592944     PISSN: 10490078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2006.01.007     Document Type: Article

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