Corporate social responsibility in the UK gambling industry

Corporate Governance

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-201

  Jones, Peter ^a   Hillier, David ^b   Comfort, Daphne ^a  

^a University of Gloucester shire   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Betting; Corporate social responsibility; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651240338     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700910946622     Document Type: Article

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