Stakeholders' Perceptions of Corporate Social Reporting in Bangladesh

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 311-324

  Belal, Ataur R ^a   Roberts, Robin W ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability; Bangladesh; corporate social reporting (CSRep); stakeholders; stakeholders' perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349304425     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0511-4     Document Type: Article

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