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- 22
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- 3
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- 501-515
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Walter F. Abbott,
R. Joseph Monsen
(1979).
On the Measurement of Corporate Social Responsibility: Self-Reported Disclosures as a Method of Measuring Corporate Social Involvement..
Academy of Management Journal
, 22
(3)
, 501-515.
https://doi.org/10.2307/255740
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- 10.2307/255740