Strategic and Moral Dilemmas of Corporate Philanthropy in Developing Countries: Heineken in Sub-Saharan Africa

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 523-536

  Van Cranenburgh, Katinka C ^a   Arenas, Daniel ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate philanthropy; Development; Ethical theories; Ethics of Care; Health care; Heineken; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903607998     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-1776-1     Document Type: Article

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