Public Disclosure of Environmental Violations in the Republic of Korea

Since 1989, environmental authorities of the Republic of Korea have published on a monthly basis a list of enterprises violating the country's environmental rules and regulations. This may be the longest environmental public disclosure program currently in existence. Over the period 1993-2001 in excess of 7,000 violations have been recorded in these monthly violation lists, involving more than 3,400 different companies. In this paper, the authors provide a comprehensive descriptive analysis of this dataset. Results suggest that the news media have given an important, though perhaps declining coverage, to the violation lists, with a focus on publicly traded companies, failures to operate pollution abatement equipment, and prosecutions.

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Main Authors: Hong, Jong Ho, Laplante, Benoit, Meisner, Craig
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2003-08
Subjects:PUBLIC DISCLOSURE, ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS & PROTOCOLS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL LAW & LEGISLATION, LAW ENFORCEMENT, VIOLATIONS, PUBLIC AWARENESS, POLLUTION CONTROL REGULATIONS, POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY ABATEMENT, AIR, AIR POLLUTION, AUTHORITY, CAPITAL MARKETS, CITIZENS, COAL, CONSTITUTION, CONSTRUCTION, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, CORRUPTION, COST FUNCTIONS, DISCLOSURE, DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION, DISCRIMINATION, ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC POLICIES, EMISSION STANDARDS, EMISSIONS, EMISSIONS STANDARDS, EMPLOYMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION, ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE, ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FISHING, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FORESTRY, GAS, GOVERNMENT ACTION, HEALTH CARE, HOUSING, HUMAN RESOURCES, INCOME, INDUSTRIAL COMPLEXES, INSTITUTIONAL INVESTORS, LAWS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, MEDIA, MIGRATION, POLICY RESEARCH, POLLUTERS, POLLUTION, POLLUTION ABATEMENT, POLLUTION CONTROL, POTABLE WATER, PUBLIC AFFAIRS, QUALITY OF LIFE, QUALITY STANDARDS, SAFETY, SOCIAL SAFETY, SOCIAL SAFETY NET, SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL WORK, SPILLOVERS, TREATIES, WASTE, WASTEWATER, WATER POLLUTION, WATER QUALITY, WATER SUPPLY, POLLUTION CONTROL TECHNOLOGY, ABATEMENT,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/08/2507712/public-disclosure-environmental-violations-republic-korea
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18132
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