Retailers' management of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in their supplier relationships - does practice follow best practice?

International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 445-460

  Elg, Ulf ^a   Hultman, Jens ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

best practice; CSR; retail industry; supplier relationships; Sweden

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858812106     PISSN: 09593969     EISSN: 14664402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593969.2011.618887     Document Type: Article

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