The Emergence, Variation, and Evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility in the Public Sphere, 1980-2004: The Exposure of Firms to Public Debate

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-131

  Lee, Sun Young ^a   Carroll, Craig E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b LIPSCOMB UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Columns; Corporate social responsibility; Editorials; Letters to the editor; Media; Media attention; Media prominence; Media valence; Newspaper; Public opinion

Indexed keywords

EID: 80955180080     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0893-y     Document Type: Article

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