Global Governance: CSR and the Role of the UN Global Compact

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 179-191

  Voegtlin, Christian ^a   Pless, Nicola M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate citizenship; Corporate social responsibility; Global compact; Global governance; Multi stakeholder initiatives; Stakeholder networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902801863     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2214-8     Document Type: Article

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