Assessing corporate social performance: Strategies of legitimation and conflicting ideologies

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 445-467

  Bessire, Dominique ^a   Onnée, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Activism; Conservatism; CSP; CSR; Ideal type; Ideology; Legitimacy; Organizational field; Social analysis; Social rating; SRI; Utilitarianism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953992418     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2010.01.015     Document Type: Article

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