Deeply responsible business : a global history of values-driven leadership /
Jones, Geoffrey, 1952-
Deeply responsible business : a global history of values-driven leadership / Geoffrey Jones. - Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2023. - pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
9780674916531
2022024790
Social responsibility of business--History--Case studies.
Business ethics--History--Case studies.
Leadership--Moral and ethical aspects--History--Case studies.
Organizational change--History--Case studies.
HD60 / .J67 2023
658.4/08
Deeply responsible business : a global history of values-driven leadership / Geoffrey Jones. - Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2023. - pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
"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"--
9780674916531
2022024790
Social responsibility of business--History--Case studies.
Business ethics--History--Case studies.
Leadership--Moral and ethical aspects--History--Case studies.
Organizational change--History--Case studies.
HD60 / .J67 2023
658.4/08