Corporate social responsibility and the social enterprise

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 355-370

  Cornelius, Nelarine ^a   Todres, Mathew ^b   Janjuha Jivraj, Shaheena ^c   Woods, Adrian ^a   Wallace, James ^d  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capabilities theory; Corporate social responsibility; Human resource management; Small business; Social enterprise

Indexed keywords

EID: 46449099752     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9500-7     Document Type: Article

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