Historical background of corporate social responsibility

Social Responsibility Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 528-539

  Moura Leite, Rosamaria C ^a   Padgett, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conceptual evolution; Corporate social responsibility; History; Organizational behaviour; Society

Indexed keywords

EID: 80455178813     PISSN: 17471117     EISSN: 1758857X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/1747111111117511     Document Type: Review

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