Corporate Political Strategy:An Examination of the Relation between Political Expenditures, Environmental Performance, and Environmental Disclosure

Two fundamental business ethics issues that repeatedly surface in the academic literature relate to business’s role in the development of public policy [Suarez, S. L.: 2000, Does Business Learn? (The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, MI); Roberts, R. W. and D. D. Bobek: 2004, Accounting, Orga...

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VerfasserInnen: Cho, Charles H. (Verfasst von) ; Patten, Dennis M. (Verfasst von) ; Roberts, Robin W. (Verfasst von)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: 2006
In: Journal of business ethics
Jahr: 2006, Band: 67, Heft: 2, Seiten: 139-154
weitere Schlagwörter:B political expenditures
B Business Ethics
B Environmental Performance
B Environmental Disclosure
B corporate political strategy
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