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GOOD CORPORATE CITIZEN [2 records]

Record 1 2006-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Management (General)
  • Ethics and Morals
DEF

A business corporation considered in terms of its responsibility to society as a whole(a good corporate citizen).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion de l'entreprise (Généralités)
  • Éthique et Morale
CONT

L'entreprise citoyenne est celle qui adhère aux normes en matière d'éthique commerciale et qui s'engage dans la vie communautaire et sociale. Elle respecte et valorise la diversité culturelle et linguistique des communautés au sein desquelles elle est implantée.

Spanish

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Record 2 1999-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Security
DEF

In old English law, a pledge or surety for freeman; that is, the pledge, or corporate responsibility, of all the inhabitants of a tithing for the general good behavior of each free-born citizen above the age of fourteen, and for his being forthcoming to answer any infraction of the law. A pledge of surety to the sovereign for the collective good conduct of a group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des sûretés

Spanish

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