Abstract
The idea that business enterprises have broader responsibilities than the production and sale of goods and services has been a fixture of American social-reformist thinking for some time. But just what is meant by corporate social responsibility? What are its implications for public policy?
Keywords
Corporate social responsibilitySocial responsibilityCorporationProduction (economics)BusinessGoods and servicesPublic relationsPolitical scienceEconomicsMarket economyFinanceMicroeconomics
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- 1973
- Type
- book
- Citations
- 184
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Henry G. Manne,
Henry C. Wallich
(1973).
The modern corporation and social responsibility.
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics
.