Doing Well While Doing Bad? CSR in Controversial Industry Sectors

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 467-480

  Cai, Ye ^a   Jo, Hoje ^a   Pan, Carrie ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Controversial industry sectors; Corporate social responsibility; Firm value; Value enhancement; Window dressing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862604281     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-1103-7     Document Type: Article

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