Responsible retailing: The practice of CSR in banana plantations in Costa Rica

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 91, Issue SUPPL 2, 2010, Pages 279-289

  Robinson, Pamela K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Banana transnational producers; Corporate social responsibility; Costa rica; Global supply chains; Labour codes of conduct; Supermarkets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882593621     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0619-6     Document Type: Article

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