The Role of NGOs in CSR: Mutual Perceptions Among Stakeholders

This paper explores the role of NGOs in corporate social responsibility (CSR) through an analysis of various stakeholders’ perceptions and of NGOs’ self-perceptions. In the course of qualitative research based in Spain, we found that the perceptions of the role of NGOs fall into four categories: rec...

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Authors: Arenas, Daniel (Author) ; Lozano, Josep M. (Author) ; Albareda, Laura (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2009
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2009, Volume: 88, Issue: 1, Pages: 175-197
Further subjects:B CSR
B Perceptions
B NGOs
B trade unions
B Legitimacy
B Stakeholder engagement
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