Responsible Care: An Assessment

Business & Society

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 183-209

  Prakash, Aseem ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84992810621     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000765030003900204     Document Type: Article

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