The legitimacy of corporate social responsibility

Corporate Ownership and Control

Volumn 4, Issue 4 A, 2007, Pages 80-88

  Stratling, Rebecca ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility; Legitimacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859265915     PISSN: 17279232     EISSN: 18103057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22495/cocv4i4p6     Document Type: Article

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