Living downwind from corporate social responsibility: A community perspective on corporate practice

Business Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 326-348

  Brueckner, Martin ^a   Mamun, Mohammed Abdullah ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

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EID: 80054822816     PISSN: 09628770     EISSN: 14678608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8608.2010.01597.x     Document Type: Article

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