Addressing the Global Sustainability Challenge: The Potential and Pitfalls of Private Governance from the Perspective of Human Capabilities

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 307-320

  Kalfagianni, Agni ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agrifood; Capabilities approach; Governance; Private standards; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902813769     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-1747-6     Document Type: Article

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