Sustainability reporting: A comparative study of NGOs and MNCs

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 275-284

  Crespy, Charles T ^a   Miller, Van V ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Disclosure; Legitimacy; Non governmental organizations; Social responsibility; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053390199     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.248     Document Type: Article

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