Social responsiveness, profitability and catastrophic events: Evidence on the corporate philanthropic response to 9/11

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 863-873

  Crampton, William ^a   Patten, Dennis ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophic events; Corporate philanthropy; Corporate social responsibility; Profitability and social performance; Social responsiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349103396     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9553-7     Document Type: Article

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