Destroying the village to save it: Corporate social responsibility, labour relations, and the rise and fall of American hegemony

Organization

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 743-766

  Marens, Richard ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American hegemony; business and society; business ethics; business schools; corporate social responsibility; labour management cooperation; pluralism; stakeholder theory; world systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958156151     PISSN: 13505084     EISSN: 14617323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1350508410368875     Document Type: Article

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