Corporate responses to claims of environmental misconduct: The case of Phelps Dodge and Blackwell, Oklahoma

Deviant Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 647-668

  Messer, Chris M ^a   Shriver, Thomas E ^b  

^a Malik and Seeme Hasan School of Business   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70349469597     PISSN: 01639625     EISSN: 15210456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01639620802589814     Document Type: Article

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