False dawn for CSR? Shifts in regulatory policy and the response of the corporate and financial sectors in Britain

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-76

  Deakin, Simon ^a   Hobbs, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Centre for Business Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Labour standards; Reflexive law; Shareholder engagement

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845969859     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00543.x     Document Type: Review

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