Convergence of Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance in Weak Economies: The case of Bangladesh

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 607-620

  Rahim, Mia Mahmudur ^a   Alam, Shawkat ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corporate responsibility; Corporate self regulation; Corporate social responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901652665     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-1699-x     Document Type: Article

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