The Relationship Between Corporate Social Responsibility and Earnings Management: An Exploratory Study

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 461-471

  Hong, Yongtao ^a   Andersen, Margaret L ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accruals quality; Corporate social responsibility; Earnings management; Ethics; KLD database

Indexed keywords

EID: 81555214405     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0921-y     Document Type: Article

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