Exploring Political Corporate Social Responsibility in Global Supply Chains

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 581-599

  Rotter, Julia Patrizia ^a   Airike, Peppi Emilia ^a   Mark Herbert, Cecilia ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conflict minerals; Deliberative democracy; Ethical sourcing; Globalization; International business; Legitimacy; Multi stakeholder initiative; Self regulation; Tiger shrimp

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886146677     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-1927-4     Document Type: Article

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