Corporate Social Responsibility as a Vehicle to Reveal the Corporate Identity: A Study Focused on the Websites of Spanish Financial Entities

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-146

  Bravo, Rafael ^a   Matute, Jorge ^a   Pina, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Content analysis; Corporate identity; Corporate social responsibility; Corporate website; Financial services industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859819158     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-1027-2     Document Type: Article

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