Auditing for the environment

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 625-630

  Watson, Michael ^a   Mackay, Joyce ^a  

^a BATH SPA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting standards; Environmental management; Environmental politics; Environmental testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986173302     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900310495115     Document Type: Review

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