Quantifying the social dimension of triple bottom line: Development of a framework and indicators to assess the social impact of organisations

International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 223-237

  Miller, Evonne ^a   Buys, Laurie ^a   Summerville, Jennifer ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate Social Responsibility; CSR; Quantitative indicators; Social dimension of triple bottom line reporting; Sustainability reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547894192     PISSN: 14779048     EISSN: 1741802X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBGE.2007.014314     Document Type: Article

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