Corporate social responsibility as subsidiary co-responsibility: A macroeconomic perspective

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-128

  Aßländer, Michael S ^a  

^a International Graduate School Zittau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catholic encyclicals; co responsibility; Corporate Social Responsibility; globalization; ISO 26000; social market economy; subsidiarity

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952071000     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0744-x     Document Type: Article

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