...Peter Clarkson; Yue Li; Gordon Richardson; Albert Tsang Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, the authors investigate a firm’s decision to provide a CSR report, and if so, whether to have the report assured and to seek higher quality assurance as reflected through the choices...

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