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Autore: | Abbott Robert Martin |
Titolo: | Uncommon cents : Thoreau and the nature of business / / Robert M. Abbott |
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""; ""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?"" | |
Titolo autorizzato: | Uncommon cents |
ISBN: | 1-927043-18-2 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910453793603321 |
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