From passive beneficiary to active stakeholder: Workers' participation in CSR movement against labor abuses

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 87, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 233-249

  Yu, Xiaomin ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Codes of conduct; Corporate social responsibility; Stakeholder; Worker participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349169993     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9815-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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