The integration of corporate governance in corporate social responsibility disclosures

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-26

  Kolk, Ans ^a   Pinkse, Jonatan ^a  

^a Business School   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility; Disclosure; Multinationals; Reporting; Shareholder; Stakeholder

Indexed keywords

EID: 76149145396     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.196     Document Type: Article

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