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“his vision is one that allows people to strive to meet their chosen goals and promotes the common good”. — Merrill Matthews, Business Economics
Allows people to strive to meet their chosen goals and promotes the common good in an ordered cosmos. — Merrill Matthews , [...]
As more of us come to understand the hefty personal price that often accompanies major professional success, fewer of us are willing to blindly sacrifice so much in order to attain it. How to Succeed in Business Without Working So Damn Hard is a combination pep talk and handbook for those facing this [...]
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‘Russia’s Economy of Favours provides fascinating insights into an important and neglected aspect of Soviet/Russian society. Anthropologists, sociologists, and historians will all benefit from this vivid and informed study, based on interview data from the early 1990s, of Russian networking practices. This work by a young Russian [...]
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This sociological study examines the mounting ethical dilemmas that young adults face as they enter today’s workforce and attempt to scale the proverbial professional ladder. The authors explore training, mentoring and the temptation to cut corners for advancement by comparing interviews with veterans and novices [...]
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This exhaustive history of forced labor practices on the Portuguese colonial islands of São Tomé and Principé from 1901-1913 and the failed efforts on the part of the British government and British chocolate companies to force change brings to life the journalists, community leaders, businessmen [...]
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Corporations can indeed do well by doing good, argues this dutiful if not entirely convincing manifesto on responsible capitalism. Laszlo, a consultant and co-author of The Insight Edge: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Evolutionary Management, urges corporations to adopt a “planetary ethics” [...]
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“Lucid and informative. . Green’s book admirably clears away much of the conceptual underbrush surrounding the idea of white-collar crime.” — Wall Street Journal, July 27, 2006
This book marks a real advance in normative theorising about the moral foundations of the criminal law: it should provoke theorists [...]
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Founder of the Institute for Global Ethics in Camden, Maine, Kidder, a former columnist for the Christian Science Monitor, has conducted seminars on how to make ethical choices for corporate, academic, professional and governmental clients. This pragmatic, enlightening handbook on resolving moral dilemmas is filled [...]
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A good refresher for experienced professionals and excellent reading for novices on keeping personal and professional boundaries from being crossed. — Corporate Meetings & Incentives Magazine, 2003
This is a must-read not only for event professionals, but also for small-business people conceiving product introductions and conference appearances. — [...]
For generations, the cozy, standard model of boardroom leadership was simple: The CEO was also Chairman of the Board, and directors rubberstamped his initiatives. The 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act forced radical change on all U.S. public corporations: The board must now hold sessions without management, key committees have tough new independence rules, and all [...]
