Private political authority and public responsibility: Transnational politics, transnational firms, and human rights

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 349-374

  Kobrin, Stephen J ^a  

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EID: 69549138640     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/beq200919321     Document Type: Article

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