Reviewing the Business Case for Corporate Social Responsibility: New Evidence and Analysis

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-188

  Schreck, Philipp ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

business case; causality; corporate social performance; corporate social responsibility; CSP CFP link; empirical

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052408215     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0867-0     Document Type: Article

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