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UNINA9910453793603321 |
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Abbott Robert Martin |
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Uncommon cents : Thoreau and the nature of business / / Robert M. Abbott |
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Sheffield, VT : , : Green Frigate Books, , 2008 |
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[First edition.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (154 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Social responsibility of business |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Front Cover ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents ""; ""Introduction""; ""Framing the Discussion: Henry David Thoreau in Context""; ""Thoreau�s World: Responding to the Emergence of a Market Economy""; ""Thoreau in the Modern World: Helping Us to See with New Eyes""; ""Organization of this Book""; ""Further Reading""; ""Notes to the Introduction""; ""1 The Nature of Business""; ""Point of Departure""; ""Human-Environment Interactions to the End of the Nineteenth Century""; ""Into the Modern World: Human�Environment Interactions Since 1900"" |
""The Responsibility of Business to Society, or the Evolving Discourse on the Nature of Business""""Measuring Up to the Responsibility""; ""The Business Case for Social Responsibility""; ""Moving Forward, or Why We Need to Think Critically and Creatively About the Nature of Business""; ""In Thoreau�s Words""; ""Commentary: What Thoreau has to Teach Us About the Nature of Business""; ""Learn More, Do More""; ""2 Wealth and Well-Being""; ""The Shape of Current Thought on Wealth and Well-Being""; ""New Measures of Wealth""; ""The Pursuit of Happiness: New Lessons in Wealth and Well-Being"" |
""Toward the New Economy""""In Thoreau�s Words""; ""Commentary: What Thoreau has to Teach Us About Wealth and Well-Being""; ""Learn More, Do More""; ""3 Simplicity and Self-reliance""; ""Thoreau�s Continuing Legacy""; ""What Is Simplicity and Why Does It Matter?""; ""In Thoreau�s Words""; ""Commentary: What Thoreau has to Teach Us |
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About Simplicity and Self-Reliance""; ""Learn More, Do More""; ""4 Leadership""; ""The Primacy of Leadership""; ""Transactions and Transformations: A 21st Century Call to Service""; ""In Thoreau�s Words"" |
""Commentary: What Thoreau has to Teach Us About Leadership""""Learn More, Do More""; ""5 The Way Ahead: Redefining the Nature of Business""; ""Leaving The Garrison: The Journey to a New Model of Business Rooted in the Spirit of Thoreau""; ""Green is Good""; ""Last Word""; ""Coda: Walking Through New Wealth in the Woods of Walden""; ""Index""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""About the Author""; ""About Green Frigate Books""; ""List of Tables and Figures""; ""Table 1 � Getting Here from There: Toreau�s Work in Context"" |
""Table 2 � Key Events That Shaped Global Interest in the Nature of Business""""Table 3 � Caux Round Table Principles for Business""; ""Table 4 � Key Characteristics of the Old Economyversus the New Economy""; ""Table 5 � Nine Things to do to Stop Global Warming""; ""Table 6 � Redefining the Nature of Business""; ""Figure 1 � The Environment�Economy Relationship""; ""Figure 2 � A Representative Genuine Wealth Model""; ""Figure 3 � What is Sustainability?"" |
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UNINA9910695828003321 |
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Autore |
Stasz Cathleen <1947-> |
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Efforts to improve the quality of vocational education in secondary schools [[electronic resource] ] : impact of federal and state policies / / Cathleen Stasz, Susan Bodilly, with the assistance of Sarah Remes ... [and others] |
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[Santa Monica, CA] : , : RAND, , [2004] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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xxvi, 195 pages : digital, PDF file |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BodillySusan J |
RemesSarah C |
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Vocational education - United States - Evaluation |
Education, Secondary - United States - Evaluation |
Vocational education - Law and legislation - United States - Evaluation |
Technical education - Law and legislation - United States |
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Title from title screen (viewed on Mar. 4, 2005). |
"June 2004." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-195). |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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How have the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act Amendments of 1998 (Perkins III) affected the state of U.S. secondary education? Congress mandated a National Assessment of Vocational Education to determine just that. This report is part of that assessment. Using a case study sample from seven states and a national teacher survey, the authors analyzed the results to determine the impact of Perkins III in fulfilling the overall goal of improving vocational education. Given the time constraint (four years is not enough time for full implementation) and selected sample of states in the study, the authors conclude that Perkins III is having some positive affect but only within the framework of the greater influence of the individual states' general-education policies. |
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