Organisational geographies of corporate responsibility: A UK-US comparison of retailers' ethical trading initiatives

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 491-513

  Hughes, Alex ^a   Buttle, Martin ^a   Wrigley, Neil ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate responsibility; Ethical trade; Multi stakeholder organisations; Retailers

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; RETAILING; STAKEHOLDER; TRADE PERFORMANCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547745453     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbm011     Document Type: Article

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