The spirits of corporate social responsibility: Senior executive perceptions of the role of the firm in society in Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and the USA

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 109-134

  Witt, Michael A ^a   Redding, Gordon ^a  

^a INSEAD   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility; Culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 83755195432     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwr026     Document Type: Article

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