The role of strategic conversations with stakeholders in the formation of corporate social responsibility strategy

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 195-205

  Miles, Morgan P ^a   Munilla, Linda S ^a   Darroch, Jenny ^b,c  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Peter Drucker and Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary spanning employees; Corporate social responsibility strategy; Stakeholders; Strategic conversations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750916750     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9085-6     Document Type: Article

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