CSR in the boardroom: Contribution of the non executive director (NED)

Corporate Social Responsibility: Reconciling Aspiration with Application

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 284-299

  Kakabadse, Andrew P ^a,b   Kakabadse, Nada K ^c   Barratt, Ruth ^b  

^a EABiS ^*  (Belgium)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85003368841     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230599574     Document Type: Chapter

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