One of the world's most brilliant economists and the bestselling author of The End of Poverty and Common Wealth, Jeffrey Sachs has written a book that is essential reading for everyone.
Financial disasters--and stories of the greedy bankers who precipitated them--seem to underscore the idea that self-interest will always trump concerns for the greater good.
In the internationally acclaimed Smart Thinking, leading cognitive scientist Art Markman presented a three-part formula to help you acquire the skills to innovate, think big and outperform your rivals.
12-14% of UK businesses are majority owned by women, a statistic that shows both the great strides women have made in business in the past two decades and how many obstacles still remain in a culture where 90% of the top roles are held by men.
In The Rule Breaker's Book of Business, Roger Mavity provides clear advice and guidance for anybody ambitious about work, yet uncertain of their route to success.
Despite the strenuous efforts to give women equal status in the workplace over the last few decades, tension between the sexes in the workplace remains as rampant as ever: during exit interviews many women, often leaving to start their own businesses, cite feeling undervalued or unappreciated at the office.
Frank Furness is recognised as one of the world's top motivators, speakers and trainers, helping salespeople, marketers, managers and executives at companies in over 40 countries.
The Ten Secrets of Entrepreneurs is a compelling guide to the ten key differences between successful or extraordinary entrepreneurs and unsuccessful or ordinary employees and the way they think and behave.
WINNER: NYC Big Book Award 2021 - Business GeneralWINNER: Goody Business Book Awards - Business GeneralFINALIST: Good Business Book Awards - Leadership: General and Think DifferentlySelected as one of Bloomberg's Best Books of 2021: Nominated by the founder and executive director of the Aspen Institute Business and Society ProgramDISTINGUISHED FAVORITE: Independent Press Award 2022 - Business GeneralUnder what conditions will people tell the truth, behave fairly and act with purpose at work?
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A practical ePub guide to ethical business skills which will give you the information and skills to succeedDevelop your ethical business skills by learning to assess your business, establish alternatives and plan for change.
A practical, handy guide to ethical business skills which will give you the information and skills to succeedDevelop your ethical business skills by learning to assess your business, establish alternatives and plan for change.
Twenty-seven international scholars and business leaders analyse the challenges facing business ethics in China: the role of different ethical traditions, the creation of ethical corporate cultures, corruption and the lack of confidence, consumption patterns and income distribution, globalization, WTO and information technology, to name a few.
Published in association with the UK Chapter of the Academy of International Business (AIB), this ninth volume in the AIB series focuses on the new challenges and developments in the field of international business.
This pocket-size edition of the worlds first self-help guide--venerated for more than 3,000 years as a work of philosophy, mysticism, and, by some, divinatory power--features highlighted passages and reflective writing exercises aimed squarely at contemporary readers.
This book points to a necessary relationship between ethics and business; the success of such an alliance depends directly on sound business leadership.
Business ethics originated in the United States as an offshoot of theoretical ethics and as part of a movement in applied ethics that was initiated with medical ethics.
A comprehensive history of fraud in America, from the early nineteenth century to the subprime mortgage crisisThe United States has always proved an inviting home for boosters, sharp dealers, and outright swindlers.
Global Production is the first book to provide a fully comprehensive overview of the complicated issues facing multinational companies and their global sourcing strategies.
How the I Ching became one of the most widely read and influential books in the worldThe I Ching originated in China as a divination manual more than three thousand years ago.
Did Chinese mysticism vanish after its first appearance in ancient Taoist philosophy, to surface only after a thousand years had passed, when the Chinese had adapted Buddhism to their own culture?
The legitimate and illegitimate use of incentives in society todayIncentives can be found everywhere-in schools, businesses, factories, and government-influencing people's choices about almost everything, from financial decisions and tobacco use to exercise and child rearing.
How beauty leads to better jobs, better wages, and better spousesMost of us know there is a payoff to looking good, and in the quest for beauty we spend countless hours and billions of dollars on personal grooming, cosmetics, and plastic surgery.
Financial disasters--and stories of the greedy bankers who precipitated them--seem to underscore the idea that self-interest will always trump concerns for the greater good.
JetBlue Chairman Joel Peterson provides the playbook for establishing and maintaining a culture of trust that breaks down the operational silos and CYA mentality that plague many organizations.
LEARN TO NAVIGATE COMPLEX EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT ETHICAL CHALLENGESPaul Falcone, author of 101 Difficult Conversations to Have with Employees, teaches you the leadership principles that cultivate an ethical workplace and legally protect your company.
A GUARDIAN POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR'Insightful and revealing: a brilliant exploration of how ideas currently on the edge of politics could move into the mainstream' Danny Dorling, author of SLOWDOWNAn ambitious, thrilling manifesto, setting out a new relationship between the individual and the state and how we can get thereCan we reverse the mental health crisis by getting rid of Mondays?
WINNER: NYC Big Book Award 2021 - Business GeneralWINNER: Goody Business Book Awards - Business GeneralFINALIST: Good Business Book Awards - Leadership: General and Think DifferentlySelected as one of Bloomberg's Best Books of 2021: Nominated by the founder and executive director of the Aspen Institute Business and Society ProgramDISTINGUISHED FAVORITE: Independent Press Award 2022 - Business GeneralUnder what conditions will people tell the truth, behave fairly and act with purpose at work?
This edited book aims to analyze gender perspectives within the context of sustainable development, providing a comprehensive overview of the phenomena that characterize both public and private organizations.
