Corporate Social Responsibility as a Conflict Between Shareholders

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 71-86

  Barnea, Amir ^a   Rubin, Amir ^b  

^a CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

corporate governance; corporate social responsibility; ownership structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957993288     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0496-z     Document Type: Article

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