Mapping the environment for corporate social responsibility: Stakeholders, publics and the public sphere

Corporate Communications: An International Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-146

  Ihlen, Øyvind ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Public sector organizations; Stakeholder analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 43049097879     PISSN: 13563289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13563280810869578     Document Type: Article

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