The social responsibilities of international business firms in developing areas

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Bird, Frederick ^a   Smucker, Joseph ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dialog; Institutional context; Social responsibility; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248204340     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9192-4     Document Type: Review

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