The financial benefits of a firm's affiliation with the un Global Compact

Business Ethics

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 144-157

  Coulmont, Michel ^a   Berthelot, Sylvie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

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EID: 84924628473     PISSN: 09628770     EISSN: 14678608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/beer.12087     Document Type: Article

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