The emerging UK law on the environment and the environmental auditing response

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 666-672

  Watson, Michael ^a   Emery, Anthony R t ^a  

^a BATH SPA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate image; Environmental politics; Environmental regulations; Law; Legal process; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986130692     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900310495160     Document Type: Review

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