Responsible Leaders as Agents of World Benefit: Learnings from “Project Ulysses”
There is widespread agreement in both business and society that MNCs have an enormous potential for contributing to the betterment of the world (WBCSD: 2006, From Challenge to Opportunity. in L. Timberlake (ed.), A paper from the Tomorrow’s Leaders Group of the World Business Council for Sustainable...
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2009
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 2009, Volume: 85, Issue: 1, Pages: 59-71 |
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Corporate Citizenship
B Responsible Leadership B Project Ulysses B Corporate social responsibility B leadership development B business in society B Cross-sector partnerships B talent development |
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