Corporate governance as a critical element for driving excellence in corporate social responsibility

International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 753-770

  Shahin, Arash ^a   Zairi, Mohamed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547688874     PISSN: 0265671X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02656710710774719     Document Type: Article

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