Corporate social responsibility: A comparative analysis of perceptions of practicing accountants and accounting students

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 66, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 157-167

  Ibrahim, Nabil A ^a   Angelidis, John P ^b   Howard, Donald P ^a  

^a AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountants; Business ethics; Social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747867217     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-005-5572-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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