Corporate Social Responsibility Across the Globe Innovative Resolution of Regulatory and Governance Challenges
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- Corporate Social Responsibility Across the Globe
- Corporate Social Responsibility Across the Globe
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- 1 Introduction: The Centrality of Regulation in Corporate Responsibility
- Part I Regulation Concepts, Paradigms and Approaches for Corporate Social Responsibility
- Part II Infusing Corporate Social Responsibility in Corporate Governance
- Part III Stimulating Private Regulation of Corporate Social Responsibility
- References
Part I - Regulation Concepts, Paradigms and Approaches for Corporate Social Responsibility
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 June 2023
Book contents
- Corporate Social Responsibility Across the Globe
- Corporate Social Responsibility Across the Globe
- Copyright page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- 1 Introduction: The Centrality of Regulation in Corporate Responsibility
- Part I Regulation Concepts, Paradigms and Approaches for Corporate Social Responsibility
- Part II Infusing Corporate Social Responsibility in Corporate Governance
- Part III Stimulating Private Regulation of Corporate Social Responsibility
- References
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- Corporate Social Responsibility Across the GlobeInnovative Resolution of Regulatory and Governance Challenges, pp. 9 - 96Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023
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