Corporate sustainability: An integrative definition and framework to evaluate corporate practice and guide academic research

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 76, Issue , 2014, Pages 12-19

  Amini, Mehdi ^a   Bienstock, Carol C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b Department of Marketing ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate citizenship; Corporate social responsibility; Corporate sustainability; Environmental management; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR EVALUATION; SUPPLY CHAINS;

CORPORATE CITIZENSHIP; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); CORPORATE STRATEGIES; CORPORATE-SUSTAINABILITY; EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS; POTENTIAL SYNERGIES; REGULATORY POLICIES; STRATEGIC DECISIONS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84901845203     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.02.016     Document Type: Article

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