Critical Reflective Organizations: An Empirical Observation of Global Active Citizenship and Green Politics

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 299-316

  Arevalo, Jorge Alexis ^a  

^a LIM College Where Business Meets Fashion   (United States)

Author keywords

corporate greening; corporate sustainability; critical environmental theory; critical theory; empirical study; UN Global Compact; voluntary CSR initiatives

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956852896     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0466-5     Document Type: Article

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