Labored relations: Corporate citizenship, labor unions, and freedom of association

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 473-500

  Dawkins, Cedric E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate citizenship ratings; Freedom of association; Human rights; Hypernorms; Labor rights; Worker participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875165126     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/beq201222331     Document Type: Article

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