What global emission regulations should corporations support?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 317-339

  Burress, David ^a,b,c  

^a Ad Astra Institute of Kansas   (United States)

^b National Board of the American Civil Liberties Union   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit cost analysis; Emission regulation; Emissions marketing; Globalization; Laissez faire ideology; Neoclassical theory; Pollution; Stakeholder theory sustainability; Utilitarianism

Indexed keywords

EID: 25644434285     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-004-6942-z     Document Type: Article

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