Stakeholders and Sustainability: An Evolving Theory

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-25

  Gibson, Kevin ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environment; Management; Nature; Responsibility; Stakeholder; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864402619     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1376-5     Document Type: Article

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