Transparency gained, morality lost: A critique of the administrative conceptualization of CSR, illustrated by Dutch policy

Business and Society Review

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 287-313

  Dubbink, Wim ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 34547319731     PISSN: 00453609     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8594.2007.00298.x     Document Type: Article

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