Human resource development and society: Human resource development's role in embedding corporate social responsibility, sustainability, and ethics in organizations

Advances in Developing Human Resources

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 487-507

  Garavan, Thomas N ^a   McGuire, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

corporate social responsibility; societal HRD; sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651407744     PISSN: 15234223     EISSN: 15523055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1523422310394757     Document Type: Article

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