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Key Players in the Corporate Citizenship Debate: CSR’s Rapidly Evolving Institutional Matrix

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‘Most people… would be amazed if they lifted the stone of contemporary business activity and saw the armies of consultants, experts, charlatans and do-gooders scurrying around inside and outside companies trying to help them become more socially responsible’ (Hilton and Gibbon, 2002).1

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  1. Somerville College, University of Oxford, UK

    Ian W. Jones (Lecturer in Management)

  2. Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK

    Michael G. Pollitt (Reader)

  3. Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge, UK

    David Bek (Research Associate)

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Jones, I.W., Pollitt, M.G., Bek, D. (2007). Key Players in the Corporate Citizenship Debate: CSR’s Rapidly Evolving Institutional Matrix. In: Multinationals in their Communities. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230211056_3

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