How should corporations deal with environmental scepticism?

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-36

  Jacques, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservatism; Corporate credibility; Corporate legitimacy; Corporate responsibility; Environmental policy; Environmental politics; Environmental scepticism; Lomborg; Political movements

Indexed keywords

EID: 32444444915     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.89     Document Type: Article

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