Introduction: Ethnographies of corporate ethicizing

Focaal

Volumn , Issue 60, 2011, Pages 3-8

  Dolan, Catherine ^a   Rajak, Dinah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Corporations; CSR; Development; Ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862673985     PISSN: 09201297     EISSN: 15585263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/fcl.2011.600101     Document Type: Article

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