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Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Officeby Lois P. Frankel
Warner Business 2004; US$ 9.99If you work nonstop without a break...worry about offending others and back down too easily...explain too much when asked for information....or "poll" your friends and colleagues before making a decision, chances are you have been bypassed for promotions and ignored when you expressed your ideas. Although you may not be aware of it, girlish behaviors such as these are sabotaging your career! Dr. Lois Frankel reveals why some women roar ahead in their careers while others stagnate. She's spotted a unique set of behaviors--101 in all--that women learn in girlhood that sabotage them as adults. Now, in this groudbreaking guide, she helps you eliminate these unconscious mistakes that could be holding you back--and offers invaluable coaching... more...
How Good People Make Tough Choices Rev Edby Rushworth M. Kidder
HarperCollins US 2009; US$ 10.99Should you take a much-needed vacation or save money for the kids' education? Protect the endangered owl or maintain jobs for loggers? Have a heart-to-heart with a lying employee or fire him on the spot? All of us face ethical choices. Sometimes they're easy: One side is wrong and the other is right. But how do we handle the really tough "right vs. right" dilemmas, where each side has strong moral arguments and we can't do both? This book helps us build Ethical Fitness ® a values-based decision-making process so definitive that it's now a registered trade mark. Rushworth M. Kidder, founder of the Institute for Global Ethics, teaches us how to think for ourselves in order to resolve ethical dilemmas ranging from the... more...
Jewish Wisdom for Business Successby Levi Brackman; Sam Jaffe
AMACOM 2008; US$ 24.00Using some of the world's greatest writings-the Torah and other Jewish sacred texts-to achieve incredible business results! more...
The Ethical Dilemmaby Peter Garber
HRD Press 2007; US$ 9.95Ensure ethical behavior is part of your culture starting at the executive level and cascading down through every area of your organization - with The Ethical Dilemma.Is ethics really good business? Absolutely, says author Peter Garber. He makes a strong business case for how ethics will ultimately help you avoid fines and penalties and improve profits and customer and public relations. He shows you how to establish ethical behaviors and practices. Just as important, he demonstrates how to observe and enforce them, make people accountable and ensure there are penalties sand consequences for non-compliance. He gives you seven steps to follow to create a corporate culture based on ethical principles. This book is part of the HR Skills Series... more...
Management for Social Enterpriseby Bob Doherty; George Foster; Chris Mason; John Meehan; Karon Meehan; Neil Rotheroe
Sage Publications Ltd. 2009; US$ 58.00` Management for Social Enterprise is a great introduction to the rich variety of social enterprises in the UK. It is also a useful tool to help us to build more effective social enterprises that really deliver on their missions by people who have hands on experience. This is just what the rapidly growing social enterprise sector needs, a management manual to help us take social enterprises to the next level by people who have hands on experience' - Sophi Tranchell, Managing Director of Divine Chocolate Ltd and Cabinet Office sponsored Social Enterprise Ambassador. `The recent explosive growth in the number of social enterprises, their diverse and dynamic nature, and the upsurge in research about them all makes this a potentially bewildering... more...
Corporate Social Responsibility and the Welfare Stateby Jeanette Brejning
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 99.95Based on interviews with a wide spectrum of people who work with CSR in England, Denmark and in the EU Commission, the book argues that when CSR is linked to social exclusion it is a way of renegotiating responsibilities in mixed economies of welfare. By situating CSR within the conceptual framework of the mixed economy of welfare and using Historical Institutionalism as a theoretical perspective to explore and explain the relationship between the welfare state and CSR, this book makes an innovative contribution to critical debates in comparative social policy. more...
Leveraging Corporate Responsibilityby C. B. Bhattacharya; Sankar Sen; Daniel Korschun
Cambridge University Press 2011; US$ 28.00Shows how companies can maximize the value of their CR initiatives by fostering strong stakeholder relationships. more...
The Civilized Marketby Ivan Alexander
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2005; US$ 37.50"If you ever wondered what has happened to all of the guiding principals of individualism and democracy in this era of great corporations The Civilized Market is a joy. Ivan Alexander tells a wonderful story and weaves together strands of tradition and practice that are pleasurable and startling. All who are interested in the role of business in society will want to read this." —Robert G. Monks, Chairman of the Lens Corporation and author of Power and Accountability "A well-researched and novel contribution to the debate on corporate governance." —Sir Paul Judge " The Civilized Market is a profoundly intelligent and thought-provoking book written in an enjoyable and stimulating style. A civilized book on a civilized subject."... more...
Sensitive Chaosby Alistair C. Ping
Hale and Iremonger 1999; US$ 6.25Sensitive Chaos deals with the issue of ethics and offers suggestions as to how businesses can align both the company's and individual's values. With the issue of ethical business practices and conduct becoming very important in modern business, this book is a must for all business people. more...
Macroshiftby Ervin Laszlo
Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. 1994; US$ 24.95We live in the midst of one of the greatest technological revolutions in history, an era of deep-seated transformation-a macroshift in civilization, says preeminent scholar and futurist Ervin Laszlo. Its signs and manifestations are all around us, from the deadly HIV/AIDS epidemic sweeping Africa and the dangerous fire-trap sweatshops routinely killing workers in Bangladesh, to the environmental havoc created by genetic engineering, power plant pollution and mechanized agriculture. The application of new technologies has turned into a double-edged sword. The world is growing together in some respects, but is coming apart in others. Worldwide economic globalization, another sign of the macroshift, all too often benefits the few rather than the... more...









