Financial returns of corporate social responsibility, and the moral freedom and responsibility of business leaders

Business and Society Review

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 393-433

  Demacarty, Peter ^a  

^a FIELDING GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 69749111734     PISSN: 00453609     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8594.2009.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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