Abstract
There have been strong assertions for at least the past quarter century (i.e., Hills 1987) that decisions by an organization that threaten physical harm to humans constitute “violent” behavior. Typically these harms, which we term acts of “organizational violence,” derive from organizational actors’ unlawful choices impacting worker safety, the physical environment, and dangerous consumer products. This chapter will put forth a general theoretical framework to explain the high rate of these phenomena in today’s China, with specific focus on environmental pollution.
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Green, G., Shou, H. (2013). Firm Management and Environmental Organizational Violence in China. In: Ren, B., Shou, H. (eds) Chinese Environmental Governance. Environmental Politics and Theory. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137343680_9
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