The Stakeholder Approach: A Sustainability Perspective

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 121-136

  Clifton, Don ^a   Amran, Azlan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

stakeholder approach; stakeholders; sustainability; sustainable world; sustaining corporation

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650198184     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0538-6     Document Type: Article

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