The Micro-level Foundations and Dynamics of Political Corporate Social Responsibility: Hegemony and Passive Revolution through Civil Society

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 769-785

  Kourula, Arno ^b   Delalieux, Guillaume ^a  

^a SCIENCES PO   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Civil society; Corporate social responsibility; CSR; Dynamics; Gramsci; Hegemony; Micro level foundations; Passive revolution; Political CSR; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84971433357     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2499-7     Document Type: Article

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