Exploring corporate social responsibility disclosure: the case of Islamic banks

International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 203-227

  Hassan, Abul ^a   Syafri Harahap, Sofyan ^b  

^a Islamic Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^b TRISAKTI UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Banks; Corporate social responsibility; Disclosure; Islam

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455191013     PISSN: 17538394     EISSN: 17538408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17538391011072417     Document Type: Article

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