Rhetoric and Argument in Social and Environmental Reporting: the Dirty Laundry case
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- Niamh M. Brennan & Doris M. Merkl-Davies, 2014. "Rhetoric and argument in social and environmental reporting: the Dirty Laundry case," Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Emerald Group Publishing, vol. 27(4), pages 602-633, April.
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