Oil transnational corporations: Corporate social responsibility and environmental sustainability

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 210-222

  Edoho, Felix M ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental sustainability; Militancy; Nigeria; Social responsibility; Transnational corporations

Indexed keywords

EID: 51849087230     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.143     Document Type: Review

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