LEADER 04343nam 2200565 450 001 9910453793603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-927043-18-2 035 $a(CKB)2550000001158672 035 $a(EBL)3015433 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001170163 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11608796 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001170163 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11184749 035 $a(PQKB)11779179 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1411664 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1411664 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10769241 035 $a(OCoLC)862103750 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001158672 100 $a20051019d2008 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUncommon cents $eThoreau and the nature of business /$fRobert M. Abbott 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aSheffield, VT :$cGreen Frigate Books,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (154 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-9717468-2-6 311 $a1-306-10622-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $a""Front Cover ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents ""; ""Introduction""; ""Framing the Discussion: Henry David Thoreau in Context""; ""Thoreaua???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: Humana???Environment Interactions Since 1900"" 327 $a""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 Thoreaua???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"" 327 $a""Toward the New Economy""""In Thoreaua???s Words""; ""Commentary: What Thoreau has to Teach Us About Wealth and Well-Being""; ""Learn More, Do More""; ""3 Simplicity and Self-reliance""; ""Thoreaua???s Continuing Legacy""; ""What Is Simplicity and Why Does It Matter?""; ""In Thoreaua???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 Thoreaua???s Words"" 327 $a""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 a??? Getting Here from There: Toreaua???s Work in Context"" 327 $a""Table 2 a??? Key Events That Shaped Global Interest in the Nature of Business""""Table 3 a??? Caux Round Table Principles for Business""; ""Table 4 a??? Key Characteristics of the Old Economyversus the New Economy""; ""Table 5 a??? Nine Things to do to Stop Global Warming""; ""Table 6 a??? Redefining the Nature of Business""; ""Figure 1 a??? The Environmenta???Economy Relationship""; ""Figure 2 a??? A Representative Genuine Wealth Model""; ""Figure 3 a??? What is Sustainability?"" 606 $aSocial responsibility of business 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSocial responsibility of business. 700 $aAbbott$b Robert Martin$0973236 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910453793603321 996 $aUncommon cents$92214213 997 $aUNINA