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As a young executive, Jerry Fleming wondered if making a profit and behaving ethically were even compatible. Years later, he discovered that ethical companies not only showed greater profits than their unethical competitors but also experienced greater employee satisfaction and public trust. With corporate scandals in the headlines, Profit at any Cost? is Fleming's call for businesspeople to rethink how ethics are lived out in the marketplace. In...
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There's no such thing as business ethics. How can that be? Because a single standard applies to both your business and personal life-and it's one we all know and trust: the Golden Rule. Now bestselling author John C. Maxwell shows you how this revered ideal works everywhere, and how, especially in business, it brings amazing dividends. John C. Maxwell not only reveals the many ways the Golden Rule creates the perfect environment for business success,...
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In this provocative audiobook author David Callahan examines the cheating epidemic-at work, in school, on the ballfield and everywhere else-that is the new American plague. Now more than ever, people are bending rules and breaking laws to get what they want. From the Enron scandal to the dot-com collapses to the plagiarism that has rocked the publishing world, this remarkable book exposes the new culture of cheating while offering reasonable suggestions...
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"A remarkable turnaround by a leader with a remarkable philosophy: Find your noble purpose. Put people at the center. Unleash human magic. "It was Fall in Minnesota. It was getting cold and we were supposed to die." This is how Hubert Joly describes the early, dark days as CEO of Best Buy, a job most thought he was crazy to accept. Amazon was tearing a disruptive path through retail, but in the face of that existential threat Joly did something remarkable:...
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Provocative political commentator Arianna Huffington yanks back the curtain on the unholy alliance of CEOs, politicians, lobbyists, and Wall Street bankers who have shown a brutal disregard for those in the office cubicles and on the factory floors. As she puts it: The economic game is not supposed to be rigged like some shady ring toss on a carnival midway. Yet it has been, allowing corporate crooks to bilk the public out of trillions of dollars,...
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Can the concept of "Spiritual Capital" actually ensure a company's success?Critics of capitalism view big businesses as insatiable masters of the universe with little regard for the public. They label those who create wealth as greedy, malicious, and unscrupulous. Doing Virtuous Business answers these charges head-on. In this insightful and original book, Theodore Roosevelt Malloch presents the bold idea that the creation of wealth by virtuous means...
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We often make small ethical compromises for "good" reasons: We lie to a customer because our boss asked us to. We exaggerate our accomplishments on our résumé to get an interview. Temptation blindsides us. And we make snap decisions we regret.
Minor ethical lapses can seem harmless, but they instill in us a hard-to-break habit of distorted thinking. Rationalizations drown out our inner voice, and we make up the rules as we go. We lose control of...
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Prof. Dr. Erhard Meyer-Galow will mit seiner integralen Business Ethik 3.0 zu einem dringend nötigen Umdenken und Handeln anregen. Dabei geht es ihm nicht um Schadensbegrenzung und Kompromisslösungen. Er packt das Problem an der Wurzel, wo es jeden von uns betrifft, nämlich einer zunehmenden Ichbesessenheit, die weder nötig noch tolerierbar ist. Ursache dieser Fehlverhaltensweisen ist hauptsächlich die Angst vor dem Versagen. Daraus resultiert...
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"Business Ethics For The Modern Man" helps to give the layman an overview of exactly what practices a company should be following in addition to what is mandated by government laws. The running of a company, big or a small is no easy feat and if the company is not careful, it can lose a lot of business or even have to close based on its practices. What this book does is to highlight to the prospective business owner and also to the consumer at large,...
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“The Series on Practical and Professional Ethics” is an outcome of major research project funded by the U.G.C. in which the task of resolving some value-laden practical problems troubling the professionals and the non-professionals in India was undertaken. Apart from clarifying the nature, tasks and interrelation of practical and professional ethics, volume one considers five categories of ethical or value-laden practical problems such as Environmental,...
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Chinese society is plagued by many problems that have a direct impact on its current and future business and political environment-worker rights, product safety, Internet freedom, and the rule of law. Drawing on knowledge gained through personal interviews, documentary sources, and almost two decades of visits to China, Michael A. Santoro offers a clear-eyed view of the various internal forces-such as regionalism, corruption, and growing inequality-that...
12) Business Ethics
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There are two ways in which a Business Ethics Study Guide can help. The first is in preparing for an exam. The second is in answering questions and resolving dilemmas when you are out working. A Business Ethics Study is not an all-inclusive guide to business ethics, but it encapsulates the highlights of ethical practice that are commonly studied. It can serve as a resource for exam preparation, allowing you to focus on the context and framework of...
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The world of work can be a fulfilling journey or a stressful ordeal. While work practices and requirements evolve over time, the pressures of managing workplace relationships remain constant. In our age of instant access, senior leaders need the reassurance of sound management practices more than ever. Timeless principles of relationship management, honed over millennia, remain crucial today and should not be overlooked.
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Levend Seyhan hilft mit diesem essential den vielen ehrenamtlich Aktiven dabei, ihre Projekte von vornherein auf ein festes Fundament zu stellen und erfolgreich zu verwirklichen. Der Autor stellt mit praxiserprobten Tipps und Übersichten die wesentlichen Herausforderungen vor und zeigt, wie man ehrenamtliche Aktivitäten professionell umsetzen kann. Ehrenamtliche Projekte erfordern großen persönlichen Einsatz aller Beteiligten. Leidenschaft allein...
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La formation en éthique soulève des questions importantes et nous oblige à revisiter nos classiques, ne serait-ce que pour savoir qui on forme : forme-t-on la personne ou le professionnel ? Forme-t-on cette personne en fonction de son milieu de travail et du type d'organisation o elle travaille ? La forme-t-on en fonction d'un idéal type de personne et de professionnel ? Peut-on proposer un modèle de formation à l'éthique clés en main,...
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In the last few years repeated scandals have rocked their worlds of many industries. Stories which have hit the headlines recently have included news of Deliberate cheating by car makers to evade emissions tests. LIBOR and FX manipulation by bankers. Falsification of drug testing results plus allegations of bribery and corruption in major pharmaceutical corporations. Unlawful tapping of phones of the famous by newspapers. Cover-ups over high death...
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The aim of The Benefits of the New Economy is to point out the causes of today's economic turmoil and how it can be solved. The road toward solution lies not in any remedy from the past. Rather, it lies with a society where all support each other in mutual guarantee. This creates a social environment of care and consideration, and the understanding that we will rise or fall together, because we are all interdependent.
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Die politische Realität ist momentan von einer Reformmüdigkeit geprägt, die in der Gesellschaft vermehrt zu Zukunftsängsten und offenen Aggressionen führt. Dabei muss sozialer Ungerechtigkeit und der Zerstörung von Klima und Umwelt mehr entgegengehalten werden als nur punktuelle Einzellösungen. Einen Ausweg aus der Misere stellt das bedingungslose Grundeinkommen dar. Als umfassendes Reformkonzept hat es das Potenzial, unser Wirtschafts- und...
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Can you teach people to behave ethically?Thats the question being asked by business leaders and business school administrators across America as our country witnesses a wave of financial scandals.The Seven Layers of Integrity both answers that question and provides a model that serves as a learning tool and a decision-making mechanism.The authors believe people can be taught to behave ethicallyand they start by examining the reason people raise this...
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Bill just took on the greatest challenge of his career. He is now the General Manager of a resort which is failing to meet the company quota. He is told that if he can't make the resort profitable, he will be out of a job. While Bill uncovers the many problems, he realizes that the main problem is the lack of teamwork within his Executive Team and the employees. As he works through each problem, he creates "The Seven Cornerstones of Teamwork". Will...
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