Corporate social responsbility: A unifying for the mining industry?

Greener Management International

Volumn , Issue 52, 2005, Pages 17-30

  Hutchins, Margot J ^a   Walck, Christa L ^b   Sterk, Daniel P ^b   Campbell, Gary A ^b  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Discourse community; Mining; Stakeholder; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; MINING INDUSTRY; PERCEPTION; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 36549038585     PISSN: 09669671     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9774/GLEAF.3062.2005.wi.00004     Document Type: Article

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