The Link Between Responsibility and Legitimacy: The Case of De Beers in Namibia

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 379-398

  Claasen, Cyrlene ^a   Roloff, Julia ^a  

^a RENNES SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (France)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; De Beers; Legitimacy; Namdeb; Namibia; Public private joint venture; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860221596     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-1045-0     Document Type: Article

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