Social reporting as an organisational learning tool? A theoretical framework

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 359-371

  Gond, Jean Pascal ^a   Herrbach, Olivier ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Organisational learning; Social reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745650251     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-6405-9     Document Type: Review

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