CSR and the strait-jacket of economic rationality

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 30, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 604-617

  Brooks, Simon B ^a  

^a University of Glamorgan   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Economic theory; Sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956233432     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443331011085213     Document Type: Article

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