Pictures at an exhibition revisited: Reflections on a typology of images used in the construction of corporate social responsibility and sustainability in non-financial corporate reporting

Journal of Public Affairs

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 238-257

  Breitbarth, Tim ^a   Harris, Phil ^b   Insch, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78650072084     PISSN: 14723891     EISSN: 14791854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pa.344     Document Type: Article

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