Linkages between corporate sustainability reporting and public policy

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 336-350

  Beare, Dan ^a   Buslovich, Ruvena ^a   Searcy, Cory ^a  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business; Corporate governance; Corporate social responsibility (CSR); Public policy; Reporting; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912083852     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.1323     Document Type: Article

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