Corporate governance as social responsibility: A meta-regulation approach to raise social responsibility of corporate governance in a weak economy

Board Directors and Corporate Social Responsibility

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 145-166

  Rahim, Mia Mahmudur ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 85015371347     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9780230389304     Document Type: Chapter

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