'A necessary supplement' - what the united nations global compact is (and is not)

Corporate Social and Human Rights Responsibilities: Global, Legal and Management Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 52-76

  Rasche, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85016363655     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230294615     Document Type: Chapter

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