The political roots of corporate social responsibility

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 807-819

  Detomasi, David Antony ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activism; Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); Governance; Institutions; Political strategy; State societal complex

Indexed keywords

EID: 54049101708     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9594-y     Document Type: Review

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