Corporate Social Responsibility, Utilitarianism, and the Capabilities Approach

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-97

  Renouard, Cecile ^a  

^a ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

capabilities approach; corporate social responsibility; Mill; Nussbaum; relational capability; Sen; utilitarianism

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650214351     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0536-8     Document Type: Article

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