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Deeply responsible business : a global history of values-driven leadership / Geoffrey Jones.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jones, Geoffrey, 1952- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social responsibility of business--History--Case studies.
- Social responsibility of business.
- Business ethics--History--Case studies.
- Business ethics.
- Leadership--Moral and ethical aspects--History--Case studies.
- Leadership.
- Organizational change--History--Case studies.
- Organizational change.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Global history of values-driven leadership
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- "After years of maximizing profits, corporate social responsibility has entered the mainstream, but what does this really mean and what does it take to run a successful purpose-driven business? Harvard Business School's lead authority on socially responsible enterprises profiles fourteen business leaders, working across countries and in vastly different fields, from the nineteenth century to today, to showcase the challenges and upside to deeply responsible business"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 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
- 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
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780674292987
- 0674292987
- 9780674292994
- 0674292995
- OCLC:
- 1369196615
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