A naturological approach to corporate governance: An extension of the frederick model of corporation-community relationships

Business and Society

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 286-303

  Cassill, Deby Lee ^a   Hill, Ronald Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Villanova School of Business

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility; Naturological models

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547839806     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650306293405     Document Type: Article

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