Effect of financial reporting quality on sustainability information disclosure

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 45-64

  Martínez Ferrero, Jennifer ^a   Garcia Sanchez, Isabel M ^a   Cuadrado Ballesteros, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ethical commitment; Financial reporting quality (FRQ); General reporting initiative (GRI); Sustainability report

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921460734     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.1330     Document Type: Article

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