Corporate social reporting: An ethical practice?

Ethical Issues in Accounting

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 184-199

  Clarke, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85071553456     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203978597-18     Document Type: Chapter

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