Deeply Responsible Business : : A Global History of Values-Driven Leadership / / Geoffrey Jones.
Corporate social responsibility has entered the mainstream, but what does it take to run a successful purpose-driven business? A Harvard Business School professor examines leaders who put values alongside profits to showcase the challenges and upside of deeply responsible business.For decades, CEOs...
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| Year of Publication: | 2023 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION: PROFIT OR PURPOSE?
- PART I: A QUESTION OF RESPONSIBILITY
- 1 The Value of Human Dignity: George Cadbury and Quaker Capitalism
- 2 Redistribution of Power: Edward Filene, Retailing, and the Creation of Credit Unions
- 3 Promoting Choice and Facing Dictatorship: Robert Bosch in Imperial and Nazi Germany
- 4 The Challenge of Latecomer States: J. N. Tata and Shibusawa Eiichi
- PART II: TURBULENCE
- 5 Educating Future Leaders: Wallace Donham, Harvard Business School, and the Push for Ethical Capitalism
- 6 Building a Nation, Addressing Disparities: Kasturbhai Lalbhai in Colonial and Independent India
- 7 Modest Consumerism, Urban Blight, Tech Solutions, and the Quest to Improve Society
- PART III: NEW PARADIGMS
- 8 The Rise of Values-Driven Businesses: Anita Roddick and the Challenge of Growth
- 9 Social Three-Folding: Biodynamic Farming and How to Build a Flourishing Community
- 10 From ESG to B Corps: Benchmarking and Scaling Virtuous Practices
- Conclusion: Business and a Better Future
- Notes
- Acknowledgments
- Index