Business Ethics category: 2278 books
Economic Gangsters
Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nations
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2010
Meet the economic gangster. He's the United Nations diplomat who double-parks his Mercedes on New York City streets at rush hour because the cops can't touch him--he has diplomatic immunity. He's the Chinese smuggler who dodges tariffs by magically transforming frozen chickens into frozen turkeys....
Adapting to Climate Change
2.0 Enterprise Risk Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2017
Most companies do not yet recognize what it means to adapt to future climate change, and do not yet see it as a business priority. Adapting to Climate Change tackles two key questions facing decision makers: 1) Is adaptation worth it to me? and 2) If it is worth it, can I really tackle it?
If...
Decent Work, Green Jobs and the Sustainable Economy
Solutions for Climate Change and Sustainable Development
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
The challenges of achieving environmental sustainability and of generating decent work for all are closely linked. In this timely book, Poschen argues that an integrated approach to tackle these challenges is a necessity: the goal of environmentally sustainable economies will not be attained without...
Corporate Social Performance
Reflecting on the Past and Investing in the Future
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Corporate Social Performance reflecting on the past and investing in the future is aimed at filling the fundamental gap that exists in our understanding of the drivers Corporate Social Performance, its evolution and relationships with the existing concepts and theories and the paradoxes that come from...
by Kenneth Amaeshi, Paul Nnodim, Osuji Onyeka
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Despite its recent popularity in literature, theory, and practice, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) remains a vague concept that struggles to define itself beyond the confines of corporate philanthropy or sustainability. In some circles, it is a response to the present and anticipated climate...
by Pete Geissler
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2016
This book can change the way you listen to BigShots—mostly businesspersons with a snapshot or two of politicians---as they pontificate for public consumption and personal gain. You’ll recognize the spin, that dastardly polite euphemism for lies that the advertising/PR folks coined years ago to...
Bridging the Values Gap
How Authentic Organizations Bring Values to Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2015
**Bridging the Values Gap
Business has a values problem. It's not just spectacular public scandals like Enron (which, incidentally, had a great corporate values statement). Many companies fail to live up to the standards they set for themselves, alienating the public and leaving employees cynical...
We Count, We Matter
Voice, Choice and the Death of Distance
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2018
This book examines the meaning of Brexit, the election of Trump and the rising tide of populist revolt on the right amidst the collapse of the left. Exploring the reaction against the establishment or ‘the system’, the author contends that we are witnessing a new divide between those who wish...
Flourishing
A Frank Conversation about Sustainability
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
This astonishing book invites you into a conversation between a teacher, John R. Ehrenfeld, and his former student now professor, Andrew J. Hoffman, as they discuss how to create a sustainable world. Unlike virtually all other books about sustainability, this one goes beyond the typical stories that...
Sustainable Cities
Inspirational Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Winners and nominees of the 2013/14 Sustainable City Awards present their case stories in a new collection, Sustainable Cities: Inspirational Case Studies. These short, easy-to-read stories will serve as an inspiration to others around the world in the quest to make our cities more sustainable.The...
Corporate Social Responsibility in India
Cases and Developments After the Legal Mandate
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2016
This book provides a comprehensive overview of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in Indian corporations following the 2013 legal mandate on corporate spending of profits for CSR. Bringing together authors hailing from diverse walks of life, the book pursues a 'hands-on' approach, with real-world...
Corporate Social Responsibility and Trade Unions
Perspectives across Europe
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
Growing interest in corporate social responsibility (CSR) has focused attention on the relationship between businesses and key stakeholders, such as NGOs and local communities. Curiously, however, commentators on CSR rarely discuss the role of trade unions, while commentators on employment relations...
Supply Chain Risk Management
Competing In the Age of Disruption
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2018
Why Purchase this Book?
Prepares supply chain, quality, engineering, and operational excellence professionals for their emerging risk roles, responsibilities, and authorities.
Illustrates how supply chain risk-controls are architected, designed, deployed, and assured.
Explains why Risk Based...
Building the Impact Economy
Our Future, Yea or Nay
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2015
This book develops a comprehensive framework for creating sustainable new business approaches on a massive scale. It relates the power of entrepreneurship, investment and technology to four areas in which progress is urgently needed to get out of the world’s current impasse. These are: game-changing...