Perspectives on corporate responsibility: The South African experience with voluntary initiatives

Working Paper - Centre for Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment

Volumn , Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-24

  Acutt, Nicola J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Environmental agreement; Responsibility; Voluntary initiative; World summit on sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849111474     PISSN: 09678875     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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