Corporate transparency and green management

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 487-506

  Vaccaro, Antonino ^a   Echeverri, Dalia Patiño ^b  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate transparency; New Environmental Paradigm (NEP); Pro active environmental management; Pro environmental behavior (PEB)

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955267877     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0435-z     Document Type: Article

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