The corporate stake in social cohesion

Corporate Governance: The international journal of business in society

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 5-19

  Oketch, Moses O ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Social attitudes; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746437397     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700410547468     Document Type: Article

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