Corporate social reporting in Irish financial institutions

TQM Magazine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 387-395

  Douglas, Alex ^a   Doris, John ^b   Johnson, Brian ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DUBLIN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ireland)

^c BTSI   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Financial institutions; Ireland; Reports; Social responsibility; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FINANCE; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS; IRELAND; REPORTS; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 9144220916     PISSN: 0954478X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09544780410563301     Document Type: Review

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