Environmental respect: Ethics or simply business? A study in the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) context

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 645-656

  Cambra Fierro, Jesús ^a   Hart, Susan ^b   Polo Redondo, Yolanda ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environmental respect; Ethics; Image; Market; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 54149088285     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9583-1     Document Type: Article

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