The executive's compass : business and the good society / James O'Toole.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Toole, James.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership.

Management--Philosophy.

Management.

Democracy.

Corporate culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (177 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press 1995

Language Note:

English

Summary:

American society has become increasingly polarized by single- and special-interest groups: the Greens, who demand environmental purity; admirers of Japan who want a national industrial policy; supply-side economists who want government to all but disappear. This collision of values has turned America into a battleground of either/or tradeoffs: the community vs. the individual, the environment vs. jobs, the rights of each ethnic group vs. the needs of the nation for unity. Whose values should prevail? Those of Libertarians? Communitarians? Egalitarians? Corporatists? The nation's leadership rol

Contents:

Contents; Foreword; 1 Introduction: ""Whose Values?""; 2 Why We Disagree; 3 Four Poles of the Good Society; Liberty; Equality; Efficiency; Community; 4 Democracy: Wellspring of the Good Society; Appendix A: Corporate Applications; Appendix B: Debating Public Policy; Bibliography; Acknowledgments; Name Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-155) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-984054-7

1-283-09806-7

0-19-977462-5

9786613098061

OCLC:

712015989