The de-radicalization of corporate social responsibility

Critical Sociology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 669-689

  Shamir, Ronen ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Social Research Institute   (Turkey)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate   (United Kingdom)

^e Israeli Science Foundation   (Israel)

^f BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti corporate activism; Corporate citizenship; Global capitalism; Globalization; Multinational corporations

Indexed keywords

EID: 6344291727     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1569163042119831     Document Type: Article

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