Corporate governance in the debate on CSR and Ethics: Sensemaking of social issues in management by authorities and CEOs

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 573-593

  Fassin, Yves ^a   Van Rossem, Annick ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Business Ethics; CEO; Cognition; Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility; Repertory Grid Technique; Sensemaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949159611     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2009.00738.x     Document Type: Article

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