CSR, Transparency and the role of intermediate organisations

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 391-406

  Dubbink, Wim ^a   Graafland, Johan ^a   Van Liedekerke, Luc ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Command and control; CSR; Infomediaries; Self governance; Self regulation; Social reporting; Strategic and moral assessment of transparency; System approach; Transparency policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 53649111591     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9893-y     Document Type: Article

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