Getting a grip: Critical systems for corporate responsibility

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 383-395

  Reynolds, Martin ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary critique; Critical systems; CSH; CSR; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CRITIQUE; CRITICAL SYSTEMS; CSH; CSR; SYSTEMS THINKING;

SYSTEM THEORY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 55449098762     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.901     Document Type: Review

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