Analysis of social information as a measure of the ethical behavior of Spanish firms

Management Decision

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 580-599

  Gallego Alvarez, Isabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Business ethics; Corporate social responsibility; Social accounting; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149120894     PISSN: 00251747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00251740810865076     Document Type: Article

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