CSR: The role of leadership in driving ethical outcomes

Corporate Governance

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 448-460

  Mostovicz, Isaac ^a   Kakabadse, Nada ^b   Kakabadse, Andrew ^c  

^a Janus Thinking Ltd   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Ethics; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349650953     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700910984990     Document Type: Article

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