Diffusion of corporate responsibility practices to companies: The experience of the forest sector

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 553-567

  Vidal, Natalia G ^a   Bull, Gary Q ^a   Kozak, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brazil; Canada; Corporate responsibility; Diffusion; Forest sector; Qualitative research; The United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954861634     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0281-z     Document Type: Article

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