Measuring corporate environmental justice performance

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 61-79

  Ash, Michael ^a   Boyce, James K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Corporate environmental performance; Corporate social responsibility; Environmental justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953314051     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.238     Document Type: Article

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