Stakeholders' power, corporate characteristics, and social and environmental disclosure: Evidence from China

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 64, Issue , 2014, Pages 426-436

  Lu, Yingjun ^a   Abeysekera, Indra ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Corporate social responsibility; Legitimacy; Social and environmental disclosure; Social and environmental disclosure index; Stakeholder

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES (CSR); LEGITIMACY; SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL DISCLOSURE; STAKEHOLDER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRY;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84890315376     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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