Corporate Social Responsibilities: Alternative Perspectives About the Need to Legislate

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 499-526

  Deegan, Craig ^a   Shelly, Marita ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Enlightened self interest; Free market perspective; Government inquiry; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901661937     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-1730-2     Document Type: Review

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