Foreign Investment and Ethics: How to Contribute to Social Responsibility by Doing Business in Less-Developed Countries

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 267-282

  Bardy, Roland ^a,b   Drew, Stephen ^c   Kennedy, Tumenta F ^d,e  

^a BardyConsult   (Germany)

^b FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA GULF COAST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics   (Germany)

^e African Business Information Bank   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bottom of the pyramid; Corporate responsibility; Foreign direct investment; Lecturing business ethics; Sub Saharan Africa; Transition economies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859008905     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0994-7     Document Type: Article

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