An Exploratory Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility and Disclosure

Business and Society

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 245-281

  Dawkins, Cedric E ^a   Fraas, John W ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ASHLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

corporate citizenship; corporate social performance; corporate social responsibility; disclosure; image management; reputation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876991423     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650308324047     Document Type: Article

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