What motivates managers to pursue corporate responsibility? a survey among key stakeholders

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-38

  Ditlev Simonsen, Caroline D ^a   Midttun, Atle ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Business paradigms; Corporate (Social); Motivation; NGO; Responsibility; Stakeholder; Sustainability; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751685306     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.237     Document Type: Article

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