Corporate social responsibility: A review of the top 100 US retailers

Corporate Reputation Review

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-158

  Lee, Min Young ^a   Fairhurst, Ann ^b   Wesley, Scarlett ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Corporate social responsibility; Corporate website; Top 100 retailers

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650796133     PISSN: 13633589     EISSN: 14791889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/crr.2009.10     Document Type: Article

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