Communicating CSR, citizenship and sustainability on the web

Journal of Communication Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 157-175

  Moreno, Angeles ^a   Capriotti, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Public relations; Spain; Stock exchanges; Sustainable development; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993089624     PISSN: 1363254X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13632540910951768     Document Type: Article

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