Showing titles in Business Ethics

If you feel a strong impulse to act and change things about how you are ‘doing safety,’ then this book is for you. Even if you don’t feel you can formulate a clear plan with measurable outcomes or deliverables, you probably have values and commitments inside of you that you want to get out—into your organization, into the world, to start doing good there. Maybe you are honestly aching to nourish your soul, having deprived it for so long in an environment of chasing incident targets, manipulative injury ‘management,’ disciplinary actions, evil HR policies, and infantilizing ...

What if influence didn’t require manipulation, power games, or force? The 48 Laws of Influence is a modern leadership and persuasion guide for people who want to lead with integrity, earn respect naturally, and inspire cooperation without deception. Unlike traditional power-based strategies, this book teaches ethical influence—how to persuade, communicate, and lead using trust, emotional intelligence, clarity, and credibility. Inside this book, you’ll learn: How to influence people without manipulation or coercion Why trust is the real currency of leadership Practical persuasion ...

The Power of And offers a new narrative about the nature of business, revealing the focus on responsibility and ethics that unites today's most influential ideas and companies. R. Edward Freeman, Kirsten E. Martin, and Bidhan L. Parmar detail an emerging business model built on five key concepts: prioritizing purpose as well as profits; creating value for stakeholders as well as shareholders; seeing business as embedded in society as well as markets; recognizing people's full humanity as well as their economic interests.

There are no shortcuts to personal and professional success. Take the Stairs is a step by step guide to personal and organizational success by developing and improving your character.

Kingdom-Driven Business: A Biblical Framework for Christian Stewardship, Ethical Leadership, and Wealth Creation is an intensive Bible study workbook by Chibueze Ukaegbu designed for Christian entrepreneurs, executives, and marketplace leaders navigating the tension between faith and commerce. More than a companion resource, it functions as a complete formation curriculum. Ukaegbu advances a compelling thesis: the marketplace is not a zone of spiritual compromise but a sacred arena where God’s kingdom is advanced, character is refined, and the gospel is demonstrated through the ...

Brought to you by Pengun. THE NO.1 BESTSELLER! Over the course of fifteen years, John Delaney ran the Football Association of Ireland as his own personal fiefdom. He had his critics, but his power was never seriously challenged until last year, when Mark Tighe and Paul Rowan published a sequence...

A million readers bought The Undercover Economist to get the lowdown on how economics works on a small scale, in our everyday lives. Since then, economics has become big news. Crises, austerity, riots, bonuses - all are in the headlines all the time. But how does this large-scale economic world...

Toxic leadership is a growing problem in many workplaces. Recognize Destructive Leaders, Reclaim Your Voice, Protect Your Well Being & Drive Lasting Change. Explore how certain leadership behaviors can harm teams, reduce trust and damage workplace culture. Dr. Gurudas Bandyopadhyay uses case studies, research and real experiences to show how unhealthy leadership patterns can affect not only organizations but also personal wellbeing. The book explains why these behaviors can continue in modern workplaces and how common beliefs such as “this is normal” or “results excuse everything” ...

Morgan Simon is an investment professional who works at the nexus of social finance and social justice. In Real Impact, she teaches us how to get it right, leveraging the world's resources to truly transform the economy. Over the past 17 years, Simon has influenced over $150 billion from endowments, families, and foundations. In Real Impact, Simon shares her experience as both investor and activist to offer clear strategies for investors, community leaders, and entrepreneurs alike. Real Impact is essential listening for anyone seeking real change in the world.

A thrilling, eye opening investigation into private equity, a secretive wing of the finance industry that is so relentlessly destructive, it could potentially undermine our way of life. For decades, private equity firms have infiltrated every corner of modern life. Wielding debt as a weapon...

You subscribe to the basic idea that business can do more than make money, but you're not sure how to act on that conviction or how to share it with the rest of your organization. The Conscious Capitalism Field Guide - the authoritative follow-up to the best-selling book Conscious Capitalism, by John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods Market, and leadership expert Raj Sisodia - gives you the tools for sharing and implementing the principles of higher purpose and conscious business throughout your organization.

For the better part of a century, the left has been waging a slow, methodical battle for control of the institutions of Western civilization. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the problem and the players involved, both on the aggressive, hard-charging left and in the nascent conservative resistance. Soukup explains what the left is doing and how and why the right must be prepared and willing to fight back to save this critical aspect of American culture from becoming another, more economically powerful version of the “woke” college campus.

Business leaders today are struggling to manage conflicting imperatives, those of the emerging digital world and those of the bureaucratic world of the past. The act of digital transformation requires a deep change in the moral outlook and ethical assumptions of a business.

There are plenty of investment opportunities out there. However, some of them yield modest returns while others require large sums of money. If you wish to invest in a lucrative venture that promises attractive returns within a short period and low risks, then you should invest in mortgage notes. Investing in real estate backed ventures, such as mortgage notes and tax lien certificates will put you on a path with high returns not easily found elsewhere.

In Intentional Integrity, Robert Chesnut, general counsel of Airbnb, offers a six-step process for leaders to foster and manage a culture of integrity at work. He explains the rationale and legal context for the ethics and practices and presents scenarios to illuminate the nuances of thinking deeply and objectively about workplace culture.

This book is not for funeral professionals looking to sell personalization. It is for leaders who already feel the ethical tension around it. Custom Condolences is written for funeral home owners, managing partners, senior directors, and end-of-life executives who have full authority and long memory. Leaders who have been in the profession long enough to recognize when something feels off, even if they cannot yet articulate why. Families are asking for more personalization. Technology is advancing faster than judgment. Staff members are improvising out of kindness. Vendors are promising ...

"Ideas are the greatest and most crucially practical power on earth," wrote Ayn Rand. In the title essay of this collection, Leonard Peikoff applies this principle to the world of business. He shows that certain philosophic ideas, such as reason, egoism, and individualism, are needed to defend and protect the freedom of businessmen, while the opposite ideas, such as mysticism, altruism, and collectivism (which dominate our universities), destroy that freedom.

As long as you are employed, workplace politics are inherent. Like the rules in a game, politics in the office are the rules. Now that you know the importance of the rules, can you afford to ignore office politics and expect your work environment to be smooth sailing?

At first sight, modern-day Egypt is an unruly and chaotic place: a cacophony of sounds, an overload of smells, and a swirling visual feast. Ancient church domes and medieval minarets share the same space with fast-food chains and chic air-conditioned cafes. Egyptian society has undergone dramatic changes in recent years, yet tradition and deeply conservative views prevail. Culture Smart! Egypt explores the codes and paradoxes of Egyptian life, outlines the country's history, and shows the forces that have shaped its sensibility.

Ethical intelligence may not get as much attention as other forms of "smarts", but as Bruce Weinstein reveals, it is the most practical, valuable, and even courageous form, determining success on the job, fulfillment in relationships, and sense of self-worth. After reviewing the basic ethical principles agreed upon by cultures and religious traditions around the world and throughout time, Weinstein tells listeners how to develop their ethics IQ by applying these principles in daily life.