The limits of corporate human rights obligations and the rights of for-profit corporations

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-144

  Bishop, John Douglas ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business; Corporations; Duties; Human rights

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875191175     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/beq20122217     Document Type: Article

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