Upstream Corporate Social Responsibility: The Evolution From Contract Responsibility to Full Producer Responsibility

Business and Society

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 491-527

  Schrempf Stirling, Judith ^a   Palazzo, Guido ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

corporate social responsibility; human rights; sphere of influence; sweatshops

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962617645     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 15524205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650313500233     Document Type: Article

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