| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 431 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: Profit or Purpose -- Part I: A Question of Responsibility -- The Value of Human Dignity: George Cadbury and Quaker Capitalism -- Redistribution of Power : Edward Filene, Retailing, and the Creation of Credit Unions -- Promoting Choice and Facing Dictatorship : Robert Bosch in Imperial and Nazi Germany -- The Challenge of Latecomer States : J. N. Tata and Shibusawa Eiichi -- Part II: Turbulence -- Educating Future Leaders : Wallace Donham, Harvard Business School, and the Push for Ethical Capitalism -- Building a Nation, Addressing Disparities : Kasturbhai Lalbhai in Colonial and Independent India -- Modest Consumerism, Urban Blight, Tech Solutions, and the Quest to Improve Society -- Part III: New Paradigms -- The Rise of Values-Driven Businesses : Anita Roddick and the Challenge of Growth -- Social Three-Folding : Biodynamic Farming and How to Build a Flourishing Community -- From ESG to B Corps : Benchmarking and Scaling Virtuous Practices -- Conclusion: Business and a better future |
| Summary |
Deeply Responsible Business profiles corporate leaders of the past two centuries who made social missions vital to their businesses. Geoffrey Jones explores the characters and motivations of fourteen such leaders and compares their deep social and environmental commitments to the lukewarm "corporate social responsibility" of today |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 08, 2023) |
| Subject |
Social responsibility of business -- History -- Case studies
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Business ethics -- History -- Case studies
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Leadership -- Moral and ethical aspects -- History -- Case studies
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Organizational change -- History -- Case studies
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Business education -- History -- Case studies
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership.
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Social responsibility of business
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Organizational change
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Leadership -- Moral and ethical aspects
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Business ethics
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Business education
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Case studies
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History
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Case studies.
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Études de cas.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780674292994 |
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0674292995 |
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