Finance as a driver of corporate social responsibility

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 19-33

  Scholtens, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Banks; Corporate social responsibility; Development; Ethics; Financial markets; Socially responsible investments; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750323327     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9037-1     Document Type: Article

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