Corporate social reporting in Thailand: The news is all good and increasing

Qualitative Research in Accounting & Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-83

  Ratanajongkol, Sunee ^a   Davey, Howard ^a   Low, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; External auditing; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993047738     PISSN: 11766093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/11766090610659751     Document Type: Article

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