Legitimating the social accounting project: An ethic of accountability

Sustainability Accounting and Accountability

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 37-53

  Dillard, Jesse F ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84911077963     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203815281     Document Type: Chapter

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