Cross-sector alliance learning and effectiveness of voluntary codes of corporate social responsibility

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-234

  Arya, Bindu ^a   Salk, Jane E ^a  

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EID: 33645899315     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/beq200616223     Document Type: Article

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