A RATIONALE FOR CORPORATE SOCIAL REPORTING: THEORY AND EVIDENCE FROM ORGANIZATIONAL RESEARCH
A.M. Tinker
A.M. Tinker is visiting Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Management, UCLA, and E.A. Lowe is Professor of Accounting and Financial Management at the University of Sheffield. They are grateful to Professor H.A. Simon of Carnegie Mellon University, Diane Darby of Xerox Corporation, Lauren Kelly-Newton of UCLA and an unknown reviewer for comments and suggestions concerning the ideas in this paper. Any deficiencies in the arguments presented here are obviously the responsibility solely of the authors.
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A.M. Tinker is visiting Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Management, UCLA, and E.A. Lowe is Professor of Accounting and Financial Management at the University of Sheffield. They are grateful to Professor H.A. Simon of Carnegie Mellon University, Diane Darby of Xerox Corporation, Lauren Kelly-Newton of UCLA and an unknown reviewer for comments and suggestions concerning the ideas in this paper. Any deficiencies in the arguments presented here are obviously the responsibility solely of the authors.
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A.M. Tinker is visiting Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Management, UCLA, and E.A. Lowe is Professor of Accounting and Financial Management at the University of Sheffield. They are grateful to Professor H.A. Simon of Carnegie Mellon University, Diane Darby of Xerox Corporation, Lauren Kelly-Newton of UCLA and an unknown reviewer for comments and suggestions concerning the ideas in this paper. Any deficiencies in the arguments presented here are obviously the responsibility solely of the authors.
Search for more papers by this authorE.A. Lowe
A.M. Tinker is visiting Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Management, UCLA, and E.A. Lowe is Professor of Accounting and Financial Management at the University of Sheffield. They are grateful to Professor H.A. Simon of Carnegie Mellon University, Diane Darby of Xerox Corporation, Lauren Kelly-Newton of UCLA and an unknown reviewer for comments and suggestions concerning the ideas in this paper. Any deficiencies in the arguments presented here are obviously the responsibility solely of the authors.
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