Sustainability reporting and reputation risk management: An Australian case study

International Journal of Accounting and Information Management

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 267-287

  Hogan, Janine ^a   Lodhia, Sumit ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Corporate image; Public companies; Reputation; Risk management; Sustainability; Sustainability reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255210853     PISSN: 18347649     EISSN: 17589037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/18347641111169269     Document Type: Article

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