A review on how CPAs should be involved in environmental auditing and reporting for the core aim of it

Problems and Perspectives in Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-126

  Özbirecikli, Mehmet ^a  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

External environmental auditing and reporting; Sustainability auditing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891871057     PISSN: 17277051     EISSN: 18105467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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