Corporate social responsibility and farmer suicides: A case for benign paternalism?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 429-443

  Iyer, Arun A ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Farmer suicides; Social contract

Indexed keywords

EID: 63449135554     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9781-5     Document Type: Article

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