Revisiting the practices of corporate social and environmental disclosure in Bangladesh

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 167-183

  Sobhani, Farid Ahammad ^a   Amran, Azlan ^a   Zainuddin, Yuserrie ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Corporate social responsibility; Environmental disclosure; Social disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649383216     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.193     Document Type: Article

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