Organizations and environmental crime: Legal and economic perspectives

Managerial Auditing Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 741-759

  Emery, Anthony ^a   Watson, Michael ^a  

^a BATH SPA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental regulations; Laws and legislation; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993069510     PISSN: 02686902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02686900410543868     Document Type: Article

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