A demographic examination of societal views regarding corporate social responsibility in the US forest products industry

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 121-128

  Panwar, Rajat ^a   Han, Xiaoou ^b   Hansen, Eric ^b  

^a NORTHLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Demographics; Forest products industry; Issues management

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS; BUSINESS PERFORMANCE; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; DEMOGRAPHICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; ENVIRONMENTAL STRATEGY; FOREST PRODUCTS; FOREST-PRODUCTS INDUSTRY; LITTLE RESEARCH; MONTANA; SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE; WASHINGTON;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

SAWMILLS;

ENVIRONMENTAL AUDITING; FOREST PRODUCTS; FORESTS; SAW MILLS; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 72449146208     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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