A common pitch and the management of corporate relations: Interpretation, ethics and managerialism

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-178

  Lehman, Glen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Civil society; Corporate social responsibility initiatives; Hermeneutics; Organisational and fractured community relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847251198     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9132-3     Document Type: Article

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