A case study of micro businesses in Jelutong wet market in Penang, Malaysia: implications for CSR scholarship

Scholarship on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has progressed to encompass a variety of theoretical frameworks. The adoption of Stakeholder Theory is prominent with regard to CSR among big businesses but its applicability towards micro and small businesses is contested. Micro and small busines...

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Authors: Wong, Teik Aun (Author) ; Bustami, Mohammad Reevany (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Springer 2020
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2020, Volume: 165, Issue: 3, Pages: 535-546
Further subjects:B Phenomenology
B Stakeholder Theory
B Micro businesses
B Wet market
B Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
B Social capital theory
B Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
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