AA1000 and SA8000 compared: a systematic comparison of contemporary accountability standards

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 54-58

  Göbbels, Math ^a   Jonker, Jan ^b  

^a Institute for Quality   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accountability; Accounting standards; Corporate policy; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 2642572078     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900310454246     Document Type: Article

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