Corporate Social Performance and Economic Cycles

Do firms respond to changes in economic growth by altering their corporate social responsibility programs? If they do respond, are their responses simply neglect of areas associated with corporate social performance (CSP) or do they also cut back on positive programs such as profit sharing, public/p...

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Authors: Harrison, Jeffrey S. (Author) ; Berman, Shawn L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer 2016
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2016, Volume: 138, Issue: 2, Pages: 279-294
Further subjects:B Measurement of social performance
B Corporate social responsibility
B Economic cycles
B Recession
B Corporate Social Performance
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