The role of the board in the dissemination of integrated corporate social reporting

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 219-233

  Frias Aceituno, José V ^a   Rodriguez Ariza, Lazaro ^a   Garcia Sanchez, I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Corporate social reporting; Integrated reporting; Stakeholders; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880746738     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.1294     Document Type: Article

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