Corporate social responsibility and international human rights law

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 87, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages 385-400

  McCorquodale, Robert ^a,b  

^a BRITISH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Extraterritoriality; Human rights; International law; John Ruggie

Indexed keywords

EID: 74249107396     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0296-5     Document Type: Article

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