Corporate decisions about labelling genetically modified foods

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-189

  MacDonald, Chris ^a,b   Whellams, Melissa ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Genetically Modified foods; Labelling; Self regulation; Technology; Voluntary

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548679188     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9245-8     Document Type: Article

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