Social reporting by islamic banks

Abacus

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 266-289

  Maali, Bassam ^a   Casson, Peter ^c   Napier, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PETRA   (Jordan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Islamic banks; Islamic values; Social reporting; Zakah

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745050880     PISSN: 00013072     EISSN: 14676281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6281.2006.00200.x     Document Type: Review

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