Social reporting and new governance regulation: The prospects of achieving corporate accountability through transparency

Business Ethics Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 453-476

  Hess, David ^a  

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EID: 34447645264     PISSN: 1052150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5840/beq200717348     Document Type: Conference Paper

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