Religion and attitudes to corporate social responsibility in a large cross-country sample

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 229-243

  Brammer, S ^a   Williams, Geoffrey ^b   Zinkin, John ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b #03 70 White House   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847246999     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9136-z     Document Type: Article

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