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Published online: January 2025

Co-operatives and social responsibility

Ian AdderleyORCID

Vol 57 No 3, pp. 64-70

How to cite this article: Adderley, I. (2024). Co-operatives and social responsibility. Journal of Co-operative Studies, 57(3), 64-70. https://doi.org/10.61869/KXJJ6872

Abstract

The material in this extract is drawn from Co-operatives: Linking practice and theory (Adderley, in press). The title 鈥楥o-operatives and social responsibility鈥 was chosen to give the broadest scope to explore the relationship between co-operatives and the ideas of community, social responsibility, sustainable development, and concern for community.


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