The case for leverage-based corporate human rights responsibility

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-98

  Wood, Stepan ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business and human rights; Corporate responsibility; John Ruggie; Leverage; Sphere of influence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875186056     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/beq20122215     Document Type: Article

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