How Does Environmental Irresponsibility Impair Corporate Reputation? A Multi-Method Investigation

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 413-423

  Lin, Han ^a   Zeng, Saixing ^a   Wang, Liangyan ^a   Zou, Hailiang ^b   Ma, Hanyang ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

consumer; corporate social responsibility (CSR); environmental irresponsibility; reputation; stakeholder; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84962695572     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.1387     Document Type: Article

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