Stewards of virtue? The ethical dilemma of CSR in African agriculture

Development and Change

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-23

  Blowfield, Michael E ^a   Dolan, Catherine S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ETHICS; GLOBALIZATION; NEOLIBERALISM; STANDARD (REGULATION); TRADE;

AFRICA;

EID: 42549125683     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2008.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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