Beyond the stalemate of economics versus ethics: Corporate social responsibility and the discourse of the organizational self

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 337-356

  Driver, Michaela ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Economic; Economic and ethical models; Egoic and post egoic approaches; Narratives; Organizational self; Psychoanalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747874326     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-0012-7     Document Type: Article

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