Environmental performance accountability: Planet, people, profits

Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 370-405

  Burritt, Roger L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accountability; Corporate governance; Diegesis; Environmental performance accountability; Organizational culture; Papers; People profits; Personal reflection; Planet; Progress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856786530     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513571211198791     Document Type: Article

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