The Contribution of the Energy industry to the Millennium Development Goals: A Benchmark Study

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 277-287

  Valor, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA COMILLAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Empirical paper; Energy industry; Latin America; Millennium Development Goals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855903476     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0970-2     Document Type: Review

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