Exploring the ethical identity of Islamic Banks via communication in annual reports

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 97-116

  Haniffa, Roszaini ^a   Hudaib, Mohammad ^a,b  

^a BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Corporate identity; Ethical disclosure; Islamic banking; Reputation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34948898106     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9272-5     Document Type: Article

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