Responsible leadership? development of CSR at Danfoss, Denmark

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 153-168

  Lehmann, Martin ^a   Toh, Imnlin ^b   Christensen, Per ^a   Ma, Rufei ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; CSR; Danfoss; Denmark; Leadership; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953087214     PISSN: 15353958     EISSN: 15353966     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/csr.226     Document Type: Article

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