Is the European shipping industry aware of corporate social responsibility? The case of the Greek-owned short sea shipping companies

Marine Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 412-419

  Fafaliou, Irene ^a   Lekakou, Maria ^b   Theotokas, Ioannis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Responsible business behaviour; Short and medium size firms in shipping

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL POLICY; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; SHIPPING;

EID: 33646377141     PISSN: 0308597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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