Corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting: A study of selected banking companies in Bangladesh

Social Responsibility Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 344-357

  Habib Uz Zaman Khan, Md ^a   Halabi, Abdel K ^b   Samy, Martin ^c  

^a EAST WEST UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^c LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Banking; Corporate social responsibility; Information disclosure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993030067     PISSN: 17471117     EISSN: 1758857X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17471110910977276     Document Type: Article

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