Moral Commitments and the Societal Role of Business: An Ordonomic Approach to Corporate Citizenship

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Moral Commitments and the Societal Role of Business: An Ordonomic Approach to Corporate Citizenship. / Pies, Ingo; Hielscher, Stefan; Beckmann, Markus.
In: Business Ethics Quarterly, Vol. 19, No. 3, 07.2009, p. 375–401.

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