Corporate social responsibility - how it passed the acid test

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03 May 2010This article examines corporate social responsibility in light of the global financial crisis and features an interview with Professor Peter Shergold, Macquarie Group Foundation Chair in Social Impact at the Centre for Social Impact.

“[The financial crisis] showed that some of the companies which were judged very favourably by socially responsible investors were companies which we now see in a very different light.”

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Publication typeArticle
Publisher TypeJournal
CoverageAustralia, Worldwide
Permanent URLhttp://apo.org.au/node/21171
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