Are socially responsible managers really ethical? Exploring the relationship between earnings management and corporate social responsibility

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 160-177

  Prior, Diego ^b   Surroca, Jordi ^c   Tribó, Josep A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Earnings management

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749133164     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2008.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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