Organized Environmental Crime: An Analysis of Corporate Noncompliance with the LawCrimes that harm the environment are frequently presented as random or accidental behaviors. This study, however, examines the cultural and organizational factors that make the routine operations of business susceptible to environmental law-breaking. |
Contents
The Theory of Corporate Illegality and the Environment | 17 |
Chapter 2 | 48 |
Chapter 3 | 65 |
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