Sustainable Development and Industry Self-Regulation: Developments in the Global Mining Sector

Business and Society

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 551-582

  Dashwood, Hevina S ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

corporate social responsibility; industry self regulation; mining; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903203027     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650313475997     Document Type: Article

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