Who has been regulating whom, business or society? The mid-20th-century institutionalization of 'corporate responsibility' in the USA

Socio-Economic Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 125-155

  Kaplan, Rami ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Capitalism; Corporate social responsibility; Historical sociology; Institutions; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942307234     PISSN: 14751461     EISSN: 1475147X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ser/mwu031     Document Type: Article

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