Business ethics and social responsibility Books
Berrett-Koehler Publishers Walking the Talk: The Business Case for
Book SynopsisStephan Schmidheiny, author of the hugely influential Changing Course, has joined with fellow prime movers in the World Business Council for Sustainable Development-Chad Holliday of DuPont and Philip Watts of Royal Dutch/Shell-to spell out the business case for addressing sustainable development as a key business strategy. The authors insist that a global partnership-between governments, business and civil society-is essential, if accelerating moves towards globalization are to maximize opportunities for all, especially the world's poor. They argue that far more eco-efficient and socially equitable modes of development must be pursued in order to allow poorer nations to raise their standards of living. To achieve these aims, the book explains that markets must be mobilized in favor of sustainability, leveraging the power of innovation and global markets for the benefits of everyone. Business cannot succeed in failing societies. Whether small, medium or large, all businesses must innovate and change to meet the social and environmental challenges of the coming years. Walking the Talk provides proven strategies for doing just that, and real-world examples of business leaders who are becoming a leading force for change-improving both their own bottom lines and quality of life for future generations around the world.
£22.95
Waveland Press Ethics for Anthropological Research and Practice
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£23.00
Templeton Foundation Press,U.S. The Templeton Plan: 21 Steps To Personal Success
Book Synopsis John Templeton believes that his financial accomplishments are directly related to his strong convictions. Now he shares the secrets of his phenomenal success in twenty-one principles that provide readers with solid guidelines for prosperity and happiness. Templeton maintains that the common denominator connecting successful people with successful enterprises is a devotion to ethical and spiritual principles. He emphasizes the “laws of life”—truthfulness, perseverance, thrift, enthusiasm, humility, and altruism—that can help everyone discover and develop their individual abilities. A Giniger Book formerly published by Harper & Row in 1987
£27.34
Red Wheel/Weiser Capitalizing on Kindness: Why 21st Century
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£14.24
Berrett-Koehler Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate
Book SynopsisDid Supreme Court sell out America's citizens in the nineteenth century, with consequences lasting to this day? Is there a way for American citizens to recover democracy of, by, and for the people?Thom Hartmann takes on these most difficult questions and tells a startling story that will forever change your understanding of American history. Amongst a deep historical context, Hartmann describes the history of the Fourteenth Amendment created at the end of the Civil War to grant basic rights to freed slaves and how it has been used by lawyers representing corporate interests to extend additional rights to businesses far more frequently than to freed slaves. Prior to 1886, corporations were referred to in U.S. law as "artificial persons." But in 1886, after a series of cases brought by lawyers representing the expanding railroad interests, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations were "persons" and entitled to the same rights granted to people under the Bill of Rights. Since this ruling, America has lost the legal structures that allowed for people to control corporate behavior. In this revised and expanded second edition, Hartmann incorporates specific examples from today's headlines and proposes specific legal remedies that could truly save the world from political, economic and ecological disaster.
£17.09
Berrett-Koehler Make an Ethical Difference; Tools for Better
Book SynopsisWe are plagued today by a decline in ethical behavior. Scandals come so thick and fast that any attempt to list them is out of date in weeks if not days. But ethics isn’t just a matter of headlines; it’s a part of everyone’s life. We’re called on to make ethical decisions, large and small, all the time. This can be particularly tricky in the workplace, where our decisions can affect not just ourselves but coworkers, clients, customers, and even the entire company. Existing ethics books are of limited use. They generally feature one author’s opinions on very specific situations, which may well have nothing to do with the problems we’re facing. And anyway, we don’t need expert advice. Mark Pastin insists every one of us is qualified to resolve even the thorniest dilemmas ourselves, and in this profoundly practical book he gives us the tools to do just that. Pastin argues that we all have an innate ethical –he calls it “the ethics eye.” The problem is, we’re not aware we have it or how to develop it. Here he provides practical tools we can use to open up our ethics eye so that we can consistently see what is right and do it. Make an Ethical Difference shows how to apply these tools using actual ethical dilemmas drawn from Pastin’s decades of experience as an advisor to governments, corporations, and NGOs. The point is not to try to wedge your situation into one of the examples—it’s to show how a tool that can be applied to any situation is used in one particular instance. And once you’ve reached a decision, Pastin offers strategies for building consensus with those who might disagree with you. People often feel hopeless and skeptical that there is anything they as individuals can do to raise society’s ethical level or resolve long-standing impasses. By using the unique tools in this book, we will gain confidence in our innate ethical sense and take actions that will elevate the ethical level of the groups and organizations we belong to and society as a whole.
£19.55
Berrett-Koehler Bridging the Values Gap: How Authentic
Book SynopsisBusiness has a values problem. Itâs not just spectacular public scandals like Enron (which, incidentally, had a great corporate values statement). Many companies fail to live up to the standards they set for themselves, alienating the public and leaving employees cynical and disengaged - resulting in lower productivity, less innovation, and sometimes outright corruption. The reason, argue top scholars and consultants Edward Freeman and Ellen Auster, is that most companiesâ values are handed down from on high, with no employee input or discussion. This practically invites disconnects between intention and reality. To bridge this values gap, Freeman and Auster provide a process, Values through Conversation, that focuses on four key types of values: introspective (reflecting on who we are and how we do things), historical (understanding our past and how it influences us), relational (asking how we can best work together), and aspirational (articulating our hopes and dreams). By developing values through discussions - casual or formal, one-on-one or in groups - VTC ensures that they are dynamic and evolving, not static words on a wall or a website. Freeman and Auster offer advice, real-world examples, and sample questions to help you create values that are authentic and embraced because they are rooted in the lived experience of the organization.
£22.95
Berrett-Koehler How the Poor Can Save Capitalism: Rebuilding the
Book SynopsisThe American economy is stalled because business and political leaders are ignoring the one force that could truly re-energize their companies and the economy: the poor. The massive economic energy and potential of the poor and the struggling middle class has been left on the sidelines. John Hope Bryantâs stirring book shows how this came to be and lays out some simple ideas for making the economy work again - for everyone.The poor are not stupid or lazy, but they know when the system is stacked against them. Business loans, home loans, and financial investments have vanished from their communities. The path up to the middle class has disappeared, while the path down from the middle class is in danger of becoming a superhighway.The future of our nation fully depends on overturning powerful myths about how the economy works. Fully 70 percent of the American economy is driven by consumer spending, but more and more consumers have less and less to spend and feel like the deck is stacked against them. When business leaders begin to value the poor and understand that helping them succeed will help the economy thrive, we'll be well on our way to restoring the American Dream of equal economic opportunity.
£19.55
Berrett-Koehler How the Poor Can Save Capitalism: Rebuilding the
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£14.39
University of Akron Press International Journal of Ethical Leadership Vol.
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£14.20
University of Akron Press The International Journal of Ethical Leadership
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£14.20
University of Akron Press International Journal of Ethical Leadership, Vol
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£14.20
University of Akron Press International Journal of Ethical Leadership Vol.
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£14.20
Disruption Books Being Essential: Seven Questions for Living and
Book SynopsisBeing Essential presents the seven questions that will help any leader discover an authentic path to the true self and master a virtuous cycle of self-awareness that fosters purpose, value, and joy at work and in life.Leaders often know what they need to do, but don’t have a clue who they need to be. Without a true essence of self, their leadership can feel void of purpose and confidence, affecting both teams and stakeholders. But when leaders discover their essential selves—who they are at their cores and why they show up—it enables them to reach a state of “radical self-awareness,” a game-changing skill that unlocks a more effective, commanding, agile approach to leadership. For more than thirty years Dain Dunston has been coaching top executives to find the essence of their personal and professional journeys. Now readers can learn the holistic method he uses to calibrate leaders’ minds for radical self-awareness and help them achieve more satisfying professional experiences.Trade Review"This is a powerful and provocative guide for anyone wanting to live a bigger, richer, fuller life." -- Kevin and Jackie Freiberg, Co-authors of NUTS!: Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success"If Malcolm Gladwell and Carl Jung had a baby, it would be Dain Dunston. This book took me on a profound journey of self-discovery and personal insight." -- Vince Poscente, New York Times bestselling author of The Earthquake"Avoiding management fads and corporate-speak, Dunston cuts to the heart of what it means to be an effective leader and a grounded person in today's fast-changing world. I can think of no better companion for a personal leadership journey than this book." -- Eric J McNulty, co-author of You're It: Crisis, Change, and How to Lead When it Matters Most and associate director, National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at HarvardTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION: Looking for Moments of GraceQUESTION 1: Where Are You?QUESTION 2: Why Are You Here?QUESTION 3: Who Are You Being?QUESTION 4: What Do You Want?QUESTION 5: What Wants to Happen?QUESTION 6: What Don't I Know?QUESTION 7: How Does This Feel?CONCLUSION: The Practice of Essential Being
£14.20
Health Administration Press Environmental, Social, and Governance: A
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£32.25
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial El hombre más rico de Babilonia/ The Richest Man
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£9.45
Unbound Trust Me, PR Is Dead
Book SynopsisRobert Phillips spent twenty-five years at the top of the Public Relations industry, travelling the world to speak alongside Prime Ministers and CEOs (in between presenting naked in Finnish boardrooms saunas and trying to bring an end to the British monarchy).But then he quit his job as CEO EMEA of Edelman – the world's largest PR firm – for one simple reason: he no longer believed in what he was doing.Messages can no longer be managed. The age of 'spin' is over.In this age of activism and individual empowerment, power is shifting from state to citizen; employer to employee; corporation to citizen-consumer. From media to publishing, law to diplomacy, and internal communications to leadership itself, traditional industries are facing a near inevitable demise.How can the PR industry be so seemingly unaware that it is experiencing its own death throes? And if everything is dead, what comes next?Using nearly 200 anecdotes, interviews, and case studies (including companies like Unilever, John Lewis Partnership, and Patagonia), Robert Phillips answers these questions and proposes a new model of leadership and accountability across business and politics.Trade Review"Thrilling… a passionate revolution." * Huffington Post *"Filled with aperçus, some good gossip and nine courses of food for thought." * Management Today *"Cohesively combine much of the disparate strands of thought about the discipline's pressing need for reinvention, in a style that is, by turns, provocative and amusing." * The Holmes Report *
£14.92
Parenting Press Incorporated Who, Me Lead a Group?
Book SynopsisThis practical book takes you step-by-step from planning to leading your meeting successfully. Includes techniques that maximise group dynamics; how to avoid sabotaging your presentation before you begin to speak; ground rules to help keep your meeting on track; what to do when someone wants to use the meeting for his or her own agenda; and how planning and preparation almost guarantee a successful meeting.
£12.30
Kumarian Press The Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalism
Book SynopsisThis work investigates the growing gap between the promises of new global capitalism and the reality of insecurity, inequality, social breakdown, spiritual emptiness and environmental destruction. It looks at what went wrong and offers solutions based on examples from new biology. The author examines ways in which economic values and institutions are shaped by certain beliefs about the nature and meaning of life. Modern societies have been shaped more than is realized, by beliefs embedded in the story told by Newtonian physics of a clockwork universe in which life is an accident and consciousness an illusion. This theory has led to the creation of competitive, individualistic, and materialistic societies grounded in a Hobbsian philosophy that there is no moral purpose to life and therefore good is merely that which brings pleasure and evil that which brings pain. This text outlines specific measures to free the creative powers of individuals and societies through the realization of a radical democracy, the local rooting of capital through stakeholder ownership, and a restructuring of the rules of commerce to create "mindful market" economies that combine market principles with a culture that nurtures social bonding and responsibility.Trade Review“If you secretly wonder why the hyped promise of capitalism doesn’t match the all too common and difficult struggle to make ends meet you will be fascinated by this account of where our economy went wrong and how we can change. Korten makes the economic principles that got us where we are today plain, simple , and accessible.” —Vicki Robin, coauthor of Your Money or Your Life “Korten argues convincingly that Adam Smith would be appalled by much that Wall Street has done in recent decades, and he raises a host of provocative quesions about the emerging global economic order. Not everyone will agree with Korten’s answers, but everyone will be enriched by considering his questions.” —Denis Hayes, Chair and CEO, Earth Day 2000 “The Post Corporate World does for our view of corporatism what Betty Friedan did for our view of women and Rachel Carson did for our view of the environment. . . . Passionately and gracefully written. . . it will twist your mind about the world and how you are living in it.” —Peter Block, author of Stewardship and The Empowered Manager “A refreshing signpost for the future.” —Professor Klaus Schwab, President, World Economic Forum, Geneva “If you want to understand what is really happening in the world, read David Korten. The Post-Corporate World points to what must come next if human beings ard other creatures are to have a livable future.” —John B. Cobb, Jr., Professor Emeritus of Religion, Claremont Graduate School, and coauthor of For the Common Good “An earthshaking book—a product of brilliant thinking from one of history’s most groundreaking intellecutals and activists.” —Lynne Twist, Co-chair, State of the World Forum Table of ContentsPrologue: A story for the Third Millennium. Part 1 - A deadly tale: the siren's song; the naked emperor; the Midas curse. Part 2 - An epic story: life's incredible journey; making choices; learning to live. Part 3 - To free life's creative power: radical democracy; rooted capital; mindful markets. Part 4 - Setting a new course: telling a new story; reclaiming our cultures; creating right livelihoods. Epilogue: Step to maturity.
£15.19
The University of Akron Press International Journal of Ethical Leadership:
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£12.50
The University of Akron Press International Journal of Ethical Leadership:
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£14.83
Kohlhammer Wirtschafts- Und Unternehmensethik in Der
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£36.00
Pano Verlag Ethik Von Banken Und Finanzen
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£53.00
V&R unipress GmbH Antikorruption und Leadership
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£54.29
Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Internationale Politische Okonomie
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£999.99
Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Security and Insecurity in Business History: Case
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£51.00
Farmaconomia
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£32.52
Peeters Publishers Ethical Leadership and Contemporary Challenges:
Book SynopsisThis book is a collection of essays presented at the conference on "Sustaining Ethical Leadership: An Interdisciplinary Conversation", Ottawa, Canada, 2009. The driving idea behind the conference was to encourage an interdisciplinary enquiry regarding the nature of ethical leadership in contemporary times and to work out its implications in various domains of human life and action. Contributors examine the concept of ethical leadership from different intellectual and philosophical standpoints, and provide with an insightful analysis. They touch upon social, political, economic, cultural, and environmental aspects of ethical decision making, emphasizing the importance of intellectual clarity and moral integrity in the process. The book is divided into three parts, each focusing on a specific aspect of ethical leadership. In the first section the theoretical and philosophical issues pertaining to the foundations of ethical leadership are explored, whereas the second and third sections bring out the practical and contemporary challenges regarding the manifestation of ethical leadership. This book is a collection of essays presented at the conference on "Sustaining Ethical Leadership: An Interdisciplinary Conversation", Ottawa, Canada, 2009. The driving idea behind the conference was to encourage an interdisciplinary enquiry regarding the nature of ethical leadership in contemporary times and to work out its implications in various domains of human life and action. Contributors examine the concept of ethical leadership from different intellectual and philosophical standpoints, and provide with an insightful analysis. They touch upon social, political, economic, cultural, and environmental aspects of ethical decision making, emphasizing the importance of intellectual clarity and moral integrity in the process. The book is divided into three parts, each focusing on a specific aspect of ethical leadership. In the first section the theoretical and philosophical issues pertaining to the foundations of ethical leadership are explored, whereas the second and third sections bring out the practical and contemporary challenges regarding the manifestation of ethical leadership.
£47.21
World Health Organization International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk
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£9.65
