The Harmonization and Convergence of Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Standards

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 147-162

  Tschopp, Daniel ^a   Nastanski, Michael ^a  

^a School of Education and Social Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting standards; Corporate social responsibility reporting; Environmental accounting; Global reporting initiative; Harmonization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920938424     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-1906-9     Document Type: Article

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