Corporate accountability reporting and high-profile misconduct

Accounting Review

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 377-399

  Christensen, Dane M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate accountability reporting; Corporate social responsibility; Misconduct

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963576880     PISSN: 00014826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/accr-51200     Document Type: Article

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