Divergent stakeholder views of corporate social responsibility in the Australian forest plantation sector

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 113, Issue , 2012, Pages 390-398

  Gordon, Melissa ^a,d   Lockwood, Michael ^a   Vanclay, Frank ^b   Hanson, Dallas ^a   Schirmer, Jacki ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Cooperative Research Centre for Forestry ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Community engagement; Corporate social responsibility; Forest certification; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; DIVERGENTS; EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS; FOREST CERTIFICATION; FOREST COMPANIES; FOREST PLANTATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PLANTATION MANAGEMENTS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY;

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SOCIAL POLICY; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; TIMBER CERTIFICATION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST; ORGANIZATION; PLANTATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84869872627     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.09.016     Document Type: Article

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