An evaluation framework for scoring corporate sustainability reports in Taiwan

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 843-858

  Hu, Allen H ^a   Chen, Liang Tung ^a   Hsu, Chia Wei ^b   Ao, Jia Gang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corporate sustainability reports; FAHP; FDM; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE-SUSTAINABILITY; EVALUATION FRAMEWORK; FAHP; FUZZY ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; FUZZY DELPHI METHOD; GLOBAL REPORTING INITIATIVE; ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES; INFORMATION DISCLOSURE; MULTIPLE CRITERIA DECISION MAKING; SCORING SYSTEMS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES; SUSTAINABILITY REPORT; TAIWAN;

DECISION MAKING; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; INDUSTRY; QUALITY CONTROL; SURVEYS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DELPHI STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FUZZY SYSTEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TAIWAN;

EID: 82555191348     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: 15579018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2010.0282     Document Type: Article

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