SA8000 as CSR-Washing? The Role of Stakeholder Pressures

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 57-70

  Boiral, Olivier ^a   Heras Saizarbitoria, Iñaki ^b   Testa, Francesco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

bluewashing; CSR standards; CSR washing; decoupling; SA8000; stakeholder pressures

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006445802     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.1391     Document Type: Article

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