Fair trade managerial practices: Strategy, organisation and engagement

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-113

  Bezençon, Valéry ^a   Blili, Sam ^b  

^a CENTRUM CATÓLICA GRADUATE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Case studies; Corporate social responsibility (CSR); Distribution; Engagement; Fair Trade; Fair Trade principles; Fair Trade products; Strategy; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450243033     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0029-9     Document Type: Article

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