A Case for Consumer Social Responsibility (CnSR): Including a Selected Review of Consumer Ethics/Social Responsibility Research

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 767-774

  Vitell, Scott J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer ethics; Consumer social responsibility; Corporate social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941932857     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2110-2     Document Type: Article

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