The necessary characteristics of environmental auditors: A review of the contribution of the financial auditing profession

Accounting Forum

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 119-138

  Dixon, Robert ^a,c   Mousa, Gehan A ^a,b   Woodhead, Anne D ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental auditors; Financial auditing profession; Green consumer

Indexed keywords

EID: 23744478687     PISSN: 01559982     EISSN: 14676303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accfor.2004.01.001     Document Type: Article

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