Uncommon cents : Thoreau and the nature of business / / Robert M. Abbott

• Autore: Abbott Robert Martin
• Pubblicazione: Sheffield, VT : , : Green Frigate Books, , 2008
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (154 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Social responsibility of business
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Front Cover ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents ""; ""Introduction""; ""Framing the Discussion: Henry David Thoreau in Context""; ""Thoreauâ€?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: Humanâ€?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 Thoreauâ€?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 Thoreauâ€?s Words""; ""Commentary: What Thoreau has to Teach Us About Wealth and Well-Being""; ""Learn More, Do More""; ""3 Simplicity and Self-reliance""; ""Thoreauâ€?s Continuing Legacy""; ""What Is Simplicity and Why Does It Matter?""; ""In Thoreauâ€?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 Thoreauâ€?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 â€? Getting Here from There: Toreauâ€?s Work in Context"" ; ""Table 2 â€? Key Events That Shaped Global Interest in the Nature of Business""""Table 3 â€? Caux Round Table Principles for Business""; ""Table 4 â€? Key Characteristics of the Old Economyversus the New Economy""; ""Table 5 â€? Nine Things to do to Stop Global Warming""; ""Table 6 â€? Redefining the Nature of Business""; ""Figure 1 â€? The Environmentâ€?Economy Relationship""; ""Figure 2 â€? A Representative Genuine Wealth Model""; ""Figure 3 â€? What is Sustainability?""
• Titolo autorizzato: Uncommon cents
• ISBN: 1-927043-18-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453793603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II