A corporate model of sustainable business practices: An ethical perspective

Journal of World Business

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 336-345

  Svensson, Göran ^a   Wood, Greg ^b   Callaghan, Michael ^b  

^a Oslo School of Management   (Norway)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business; Ethics; Practices; Stakeholder; Sustainable

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956475568     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2009.08.005     Document Type: Article

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