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Why Law Matters: Corporate Social Irresponsibility and the Futility of Voluntary Climate Change Mitigation

Beate Sjåfjell

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This article addresses the voluntary CSR concept, forming an argument to show why law, and specifically company law, has to be involved to get companies to contribute to climate change mitigation, and how CSR may contribute to a truly responsible business debate.

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This article addresses the voluntary CSR concept, forming an argument to show why law, and specifically company law, has to be involved to get companies to contribute to climate change mitigation, and how CSR may contribute to a truly responsible business debate.

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This article addresses the voluntary CSR concept, forming an argument to show why law, and specifically company law, has to be involved to get companies to contribute to climate change mitigation, and how CSR may contribute to a truly responsible business debate.

Key concepts: Argument (complex analysis), Corporate social responsibility, Turnover, Climate change, Business, Law and economics, Climate change mitigation, Political science

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