Ethical corporate citizenship: Does it pay?

Research on Professional Responsibility and Ethics in Accounting

Volumn 15, Issue , 2011, Pages 127-163

  Blazovich, Janell L ^a   Smith, L Murphy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting ethics; Corporate citizenship; Corporate social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877803912     PISSN: 15740765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1574-0765(2011)0000015008     Document Type: Article

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