Corporate social responsibility: One size does not fit all. Collecting evidence from Europe

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 89, Issue SUPPL 3, 2009, Pages 221-234

  Argandoña, Antonio ^a   Hoivik, Heidi von Weltzien ^b  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Corporate social responsibility; Europe; Responsibility; United states; Welfare state

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650867198     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0394-4     Document Type: Article

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