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Corporate Citizenship: The Dark-Side Paradoxes of Success

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Waddock, S. (2008). Corporate Citizenship: The Dark-Side Paradoxes of Success. In: Flynn, G. (eds) Leadership and Business Ethics. Issues in Business Ethics, vol 25. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8429-4_16

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