Corporate social responsibility and stakeholder approach: a conceptual review

International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 277-302

  Kakabadse, Nada K ^a   Rozuel, écile ^b   Lee Davies, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); social and environmental responsibilities; stakeholder approach; stakeholder theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547923352     PISSN: 14779048     EISSN: 1741802X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijbge.2005.006733     Document Type: Article

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