Justice and large corporations: What do activist shareholders want?

Business and Society

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 523-548

  Logsdon, Jeanne M ^a   Van Buren III, Harry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic justice; Environmental justice; Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility; Justice; Shareholder activism; Shareholder resolutions; Social justice; Socially responsible investing

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349132057     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650308316524     Document Type: Article

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