Fair trade and corporate social responsibility

Economic Affairs

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 22-28

  Mohan, Sushil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Certification; Companies; Corporate social responsibility; Fair trade; Mainstreaming; Producers

Indexed keywords

EID: 70749128674     PISSN: 02650665     EISSN: 14680270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2009.01943.x     Document Type: Article

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