Corporate perceptions of the business case for supplier diversity: How socially responsible purchasing can 'pay'

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-60

  Worthington, Ian ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business case; Ethnic minority purchasing programmes; Socially responsible purchasing; Supplier diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450237423     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-0025-5     Document Type: Article

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