Institutionalizing Ethics in Institutional Voids: Building Positive Ethical Strength to Serve Women Microfinance Borrowers in Negative Contexts

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 529-542

  Chakrabarty, Subrata ^a   Bass, A Erin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Entrepreneurship; Gender inequality; Institutional theory; Institutional voids; Institutionalization; Microfinance; Positive organizational ethics; Poverty; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895902022     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-1833-9     Document Type: Article

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