Business ethics and social responsibility

It is legal for CEOs to make 300 times the amount of the average worker.

Self-interest, economic efficiency and private property rights are among the most basic assumptions of market economics.

Is business just a way to make money?

According to Stephen Pattison, managers have become the cultural heroes of our time.

Since the 1980s, scholars have made the case for examining nineteenth-century culture-particularly literary output-through the lens of economics.

This ecology of ethics seeks to balance the needs of the individual and those of the various levels of community.

In the highly praised The Market for Virtue, David Vogel presents a clear, balanced analysis of the contemporary corporate social responsibility (CSR) movement in the United States and Europe.

Using a sophisticated approach that unifies the three key areas of supply chain strategies, sales and operations planning (SOP), and lean manufacturing, The Market-Driven Supply Chain is the only book that takes a comprehensive approach to succeeding in today's on-demand environment.

Every year, more businesses fail because of their old-school views toward cutting costs, and they usually begin with the supply chain.

Increasingly today, in every age group, consumers are committing to brands that show good citizenship--from fair employment practices, to social responsibility, to charitable giving.

The Supply Chain Operation Reference (SCOR) framework is a proven solution to the ever-present business struggle of strengthening and improving company-wide processes.

This book shows what makes such strategies work, and reveals the eye-opening results of a survey of over 700 business professionals.

In an age of ethical decay at organizations of every type, a call is being sounded for accountabiliy.

This book introduces the same process the author has used to save companies like IBM, Kodak, and DuPont billions of dollars, simply by harnessing the knowledge of suppliers.

Hans-Georg Moeller has achieved the perfect blend with Daoism Explained.

The recent global financial crisis raises pressing issues that are not exclusively economic.

Maximizing the Triple Bottom Line through Spiritual Leadership draws on the emerging fields of workplace spirituality and spiritual leadership to teach leaders and their constituencies how to develop business models that address issues of ethical leadership, employee well-being, sustainability, and social responsibility without sacrificing profitability, growth, and other metrics of performance excellence.

Building the Responsible Enterprise provides students and practitioners with a practical, yet academically rooted, introduction to the state-of-the-art in sustainability and corporate social responsibility.

Master the delicate art of balancing competition and cooperation: "e;A powerful guide that will help you redo something you do every day.

Under the banner of corporate social responsibility (CSR), corporations have become increasingly important players in international development.

In this book, Hoyk and Hersey describe 45 "e;unethical traps"e; into which any one of us can fall.

This is the first book to examine extensively the religious aspects of Chinese alchemy.

In Creativity and Taoism, Chang Chung-yuan makes the elusive principle of Tao available to the western mind with objectivity, warmth, and depth of insight.

Based on research presented at The Harvard Business School s first-ever conference on business approaches to poverty alleviation, Business Solutions for the Global Poor brings together perspectives from leading academics and corporate, non-profit and public sector managers.

What's Fair is a landmark collection that focuses exclusively on the crucial topic of ethics in negotiation.

The Enron debacle, the demise of Arthur Andersen, questionable practices at Tyco, Qwest, WorldCom, and a seemingly endless list of others have pushed public regard for business and business leaders to new lows.

This book presents case studies on financial crime, focusing on money laundering and terrorism finance.

Exploring Polanyi's lesser-known works as well as The Great Transformation, Baum provides a more complete and nuanced understanding of Polanyi's thought.

Management by Ethics (MBE) is a reformation studyof the renowned paradigm, management by objectives (MBO), by Peter Drucker.

I wish I had been brave enough to come out earlier in my tenure as CEO of BP.

The Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller.

Volume 2 of Logistics, Supply Chain and Procurement Case Study Collection contains new case studies tackling Supply Chain and Procurement issues, aiming to provide solutions affecting a range of different businesses.

Through a mixture of innovation and regulation, a future is being mapped out free of carbon and pollutants.

Vulnerability to sudden supply chain disruption is one of the major threats facing companies today.

Shopper Marketing details how marketers can influence the buying decision in-store.

Social and environmental issues are more important than ever and consumers are committed to supporting change.

How to Manage Your Mammoth draws on a single coaching technique, bite sizing, to help you manage issues and tasks that you find difficult, overwhelming or impossible.

The book every small-business owner should ownFirst published in 1983, Jay Levinson's Guerrilla Marketing has become a classic in the field of business, revolutionising marketing for small businesses all over the world and creating a new way to understand market share and how to gain it.

In 1987, a budget classical record label was started in Hong Kong by Klaus Heymann, a German businessman who loved classical music.

The New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller that redefined what it means to be a leader.

How to match the right marketing approach to your product, by legendary business thinker Seth Godin.

The good news is that people today expect to live longer, healthier lives.