Accounting for human rights: The challenge of globalization and foreign investment agreements

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 811-827

  Sikka, Prem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting; Corporate social responsibility; Globalization; Human rights; Stabilization Clauses

Indexed keywords

EID: 82155167618     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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