04343nam 2200565 450 991045379360332120200520144314.01-927043-18-2(CKB)2550000001158672(EBL)3015433(SSID)ssj0001170163(PQKBManifestationID)11608796(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001170163(PQKBWorkID)11184749(PQKB)11779179(MiAaPQ)EBC1411664(Au-PeEL)EBL1411664(CaPaEBR)ebr10769241(OCoLC)862103750(EXLCZ)99255000000115867220051019d2008 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUncommon cents Thoreau and the nature of business /Robert M. AbbottFirst edition.Sheffield, VT :Green Frigate Books,2008.1 online resource (154 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-9717468-2-6 1-306-10622-2 Includes bibliographical references.""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 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?""Social responsibility of businessElectronic books.Social responsibility of business.Abbott Robert Martin973236MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453793603321Uncommon cents2214213UNINA