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Business Citizenship as Metaphor and Reality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

Donna J. Wood  and
Jeanne M. Logsdon
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Abstract

We argue that Néron and Norman’s article stops short of the point where it would truly advance our understanding of corporate citizenship. Their article, in our view, fosters normative confusion and displays significant gaps in logic. In addition, the large and useful literature on business-government relations has for the most part been overlooked by Néron and Norman, even though their article ends with an enthusiastic call for scholarly attention to this subject.

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Response Articles to Néron and Norman
Information
Business Ethics Quarterly , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , January 2008 , pp. 51 - 59
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Copyright © Society for Business Ethics 2008

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