Do Corporations Invest Enough in Environmental Responsibility?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 115-129

  Kim, Yongtae ^a   Statman, Meir ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; Corporate environmental responsibility; Corporate financial performance; Corporate social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 82355169787     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0954-2     Document Type: Article

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