Vices and virtues of corporate political activity: The challenge of international business

Business and Society

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-132

  Mantere, Saku ^a   Pajunen, Kalle ^b   Lamberg, Juha Antti ^c  

^a HANKEN SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Corporate political activity; Corporate social responsibility; CPA; Ethics; Political capital; Political strategy; Virtue

Indexed keywords

EID: 59449089915     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650307303388     Document Type: Article

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