Ethics, diversity management, and financial reporting quality

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 335-353

  Labelle, Réal ^a   Gargouri, Rim Makni ^b   Francoeur, Claude ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Diversity; Diversity management; Earnings management; Earnings quality; Ethics; Financial reporting quality; Governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951978117     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0225-7     Document Type: Article

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