Striving for Legitimacy Through Corporate Social Responsibility: Insights from Oil Companies

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 413-427

  Du, Shuili ^a   Vieira Jr , Edward T ^a  

^a SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Controversial industries; Corporate social responsibility; Corporate website; Legitimacy; Oil industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867695695     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1490-4     Document Type: Article

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