Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting in China: An Overview and Comparison with Major Trends

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-42

  Noronha, Carlos ^a   Tou, Si ^a   Cynthia, M I ^a   Guan, Jenny J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

China; Corporate social responsibility; CSR reporting; Environmental reporting; Sustainability reporting

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873087841     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.1276     Document Type: Article

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