Impact of CEO foreign experience on corporate environmental violations: The role of enhanced environmental ethics and general competency
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Keywords
Corporate misconduct; Environmental violations; CEO foreign experience; Government institutional pressure; Environmental court; Public participation;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- M12 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Personnel Management; Executives; Executive Compensation
- M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
- G30 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - General
- K2 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law
- K4 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior
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