An assessment of corporate social responsibility practices in the mining and oil and gas industries

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 256-270

  Raufflet, Emmanuel ^a   Cruz, Luciano Barin ^a   Bres, Luc ^b,c  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Institutional expectations; Mining; Oil and gas; Regulatory scripts

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; MINING; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXTS; INSTITUTIONAL EXPECTATIONS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MANAGEMENT STANDARDS; OIL AND GAS; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; REGULATORY SCRIPTS;

GAS INDUSTRY;

EID: 84922944067     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.01.077     Document Type: Article

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