Corporate social reporting for different audiences: The case of multinational corporations in Spain

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 272-283

  Sotorrío, Ladislao Luna ^a   Sánchez, José Luis Fernández ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community; Corporate social responsibility; Environment; Environmental reporting; Social reporting; Stakeholder

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957141986     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.215     Document Type: Article

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