Human rights as a dimension of CSR: The blurred lines between legal and non-legal Categories

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 88, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages 561-577

  Mayer, Ann Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

George Kell; Global Compact; Human rights; John Ruggie; Kofi Annan; Norms on the responsibilities of transnational corporations; Universal declaration of human rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 76049086025     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0315-6     Document Type: Article

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