Reputation and corporate social responsibility aberrations, trends, and hypocrisy: Reactions to firm choices in the stock option backdating scandal

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1562-1585

  Janney, Jay J ^a   Gove, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^b PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

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EID: 80053160433     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00984.x     Document Type: Article

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