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From Red to Green: Towards the Environmental Management in the Country in Transition

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This paper investigates the driving forces behind the environment-oriented management in Slovenia, a country in transition. The study focuses on attititudes of managers towards different aspects of the concern for the environment, the most important sources of pressure on companies for better environmental performance, the potential conflict between environmental and other business goals, and perception of barriers to the environmentally responsible behaviour of a company. The study uncovers a strong belief that the government is responsible to prevent damage caused to the environment by industry.

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Rojšek, I. From Red to Green: Towards the Environmental Management in the Country in Transition. Journal of Business Ethics 33, 37–50 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1011977116496

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