The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Global Practices of Corporate Social Responsibility

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 11-35

  Idowu, Samuel O ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84867985819     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-68815-0_1     Document Type: Chapter

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