Corporate social responsibility: The disclosure-performance gap

Tourism Management

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1544-1553

  Font, Xavier ^a   Walmsley, Andreas ^a   Cogotti, Sara ^a   McCombes, Lucy ^a   Häusler, Nicole ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Governance; Greenwashing; Reporting; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ETHICS; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LABOR POLICY; LEISURE INDUSTRY; MARKET CONDITIONS; STAKEHOLDER; SUSTAINABILITY;

EUROPE;

EID: 84863209810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02615177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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