Corporate directors and social responsibility: Ethics versus shareholder value

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 319-331

  Rose, Jacob M ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Board of director; Ethics; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249308816     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9209-z     Document Type: Article

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