Corporate social responsibility in the international banking industry

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-175

  Scholtens, Bert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Banking Industry; Corporate Social Responsibility; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 64249141072     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9841-x     Document Type: Article

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