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Moral Issues in Business
ISBN: 9781285874326 / Angielski / Miękka / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. MORAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS, 13E examines the moral dilemmas that are common to today's business climate and gives readers the analytical tools to resolve those issues. Using a combination of true stories, interesting reading selections, and a conversational writing style, this edition prepares readers for the moral quandaries awaiting them in the professional world. Featured topics include: the nature of morality, individual integrity and responsibility, economic justice, pitfalls of capitalism, and corporations' responsibilities to consumers and the environment. Plus, this edition also...
MORAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS, 13E examines the moral dilemmas that are common to today's business climate and gives readers the analytical tools to resolv...
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383,46 |
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Consumer Casualties: Exploring the Economics of Habit, Information, and Uncertainty in Japan
ISBN: 9781137387240 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Junmin Wan takes a two prong approach to analysing this pressure in Japan in his new volume Consumer Casualties. He first clarifies the consumer preference for habit to identify useful approaches toward solving a number of economic issues, such as gambling and other addictive practices.
Junmin Wan takes a two prong approach to analysing this pressure in Japan in his new volume Consumer Casualties. He first clarifies the consumer prefe...
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402,53 |
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Smart Engagement: Why, What, Who and How
ISBN: 9781910174180 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Businesses that thrive in the 21st century will be those that are smart about engagement. These businesses are the best at adapting to changing societal concerns, expectations, risks and opportunities and they know how to generate sustainable outcomes.
However, while many companies talk a lot about stakeholder engagement, very few do it in a way that genuinely contributes to business success. In many cases companies engage the wrong people on the wrong issues at the wrong time; they plan too much and do too little; they slide into PR-mode or they undermine relationships by creating... Businesses that thrive in the 21st century will be those that are smart about engagement. These businesses are the best at adapting to changing societ...
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165,11 |
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Agricultural and Food Controversies: What Everyone Needs to Know(r)
ISBN: 9780199368426 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The world is more interested in issues surrounding agricultural and food issues than ever before. Are pesticides safe? Should we choose locally grown food? Why do some people embrace new agricultural technologies while others steadfastly defend traditional farming methods? In the debates about organic food, genetically modified organisms, and farm animal welfare, it's not always clear what the scientific studies are actually telling us.
To understand these controversies and more, the authors of Agricultural and Food Controversies: What Everyone Needs to Know begin by encouraging readers... The world is more interested in issues surrounding agricultural and food issues than ever before. Are pesticides safe? Should we choose locally grown ...
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56,20 |
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Changing the Food Game: Market Transformation Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture
ISBN: 9781783532308 / Angielski / Miękka / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By 2050, the world's population is estimated to grow to 10 billion. To feed everyone, we will have to double our food production, and produce more food in the next 40 years than in the last 6,000 years combined. Changing the Food Game shows how our present food production system cannot support this growth. In this prescient book, Lucas Simons argues that the biggest challenge for our generation can only be solved by effective market transformation to achieve sustainable agriculture and food production.
Lucas Simons explains clearly how we have created a production and... By 2050, the world's population is estimated to grow to 10 billion. To feed everyone, we will have to double our food production, and produce more foo...
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165,11 |
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Governance and Social Leadership
ISBN: 9781897009703 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Governance and Social Leadership examines the inadequacies of current theories on leadership in order to help us better understand the process of leadership and to suggest mechanisms for change. The proliferation of examples of poor political, religious, corporate and even grass roots leadership is troubling, to say the least. Perhaps more troubling is the resulting cynicism-and apathy-on the part of populations who sorely desire, and deserve, better leadership and governance. There are many and varied sources of theories and practical advice on leadership but, as Robert A. Campbell suggests,...
Governance and Social Leadership examines the inadequacies of current theories on leadership in order to help us better understand the process of lead...
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118,99 |
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Return on Character: The Real Reason Leaders and Their Companies Win
ISBN: 9781625271303 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Does the character of our leaders matter? You may think this question was answered long ago. Countless business authors and analysts have assured us that great leadership demands great character. Time and again, we've seen that truth play out, as once-thriving organizations falter and fail under the guidance of leaders behaving badly. Why, then, do so many executives remain skeptical about the true value of leadership character? A winning strategy and a sound business model are what really matter, they argue; character is just the icing on the cake. What's been missing from this...
Does the character of our leaders matter? You may think this question was answered long ago. Countless business authors and analysts have assured ...
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125,80 |
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Corporate Social Responsibility
ISBN: 9780857022455 / Angielski / Miękka / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. *Shortlisted in the Management and Leadership Textbook Category at CMI Management Book of the Year Awards 2016* *Shortlisted in the Management and Leadership Textbook Category at CMI Management Book of the Year Awards 2016* |
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233,13 |
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Economic Morality: Ancient to Modern Readings
ISBN: 9780739192504 / Angielski / Twarda / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume provides an integrated and wide-ranging set of primary-source readings on the relationship between moral values and economic activity, as articulated by some of the leading figures in Western civilization. From the ancient Greeks to the present, Economic Morality: Ancient to Modern Readings offers substantial coverage to each major period of history: classical Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and Reformation, the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, and the modern era. Everything from Aristotle to Adam Smith, from Marx to Hayek, and from Proudhon to Nozick has been...
This volume provides an integrated and wide-ranging set of primary-source readings on the relationship between moral values and economic activity, as ...
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607,23 |
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Transport Justice: Designing Fair Transportation Systems
ISBN: 9780415638319 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Transport Justice develops a new paradigm for transportation planning based on principles of justice. Author Karel Martens starts from the observation that for the last fifty years the focus of transportation has been on the performance of the transport system and ways to improve it, avoiding congestion on the main road system and achieving free flowing travel. There are implicit distributive consequences of this approach, with some benefiting more than others from these improvements, resulting in calls for policy changes to dress the inequities that have developed over time. Building... Transport Justice develops a new paradigm for transportation planning based on principles of justice. Author Karel Martens starts from the observat... |
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922,99 |
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Transport Justice: Designing Fair Transportation Systems
ISBN: 9780415638326 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Transport Justice develops a new paradigm for transportation planning based on principles of justice. Author Karel Martens starts from the observation that for the last fifty years the focus of transportation has been on the performance of the transport system and ways to improve it, avoiding congestion on the main road system and achieving free flowing travel. There are implicit distributive consequences of this approach, with some benefiting more than others from these improvements, resulting in calls for policy changes to dress the inequities that have developed over time. Building... Transport Justice develops a new paradigm for transportation planning based on principles of justice. Author Karel Martens starts from the observat... |
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252,56 |
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Bulls, Bears and Golden Calves: Applying Christian Ethics in Economics
ISBN: 9780830840724 / Angielski / Miękka / 335 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Self-interest, economic efficiency and private property rights are among the most basic assumptions of market economics. But can an economic theory built on these assumptions alone provide adequate insight into human nature, motivation and ultimate goals to guide our economic life? John Stapleford says no, along with those economists who recognize the limits of their discipline. He insightfully shows us in detail how ethics are inextricably intertwined with economic life and analysis. Writing from a Christian ethical perspective, he interacts with seven standard introductory economics texts,...
Self-interest, economic efficiency and private property rights are among the most basic assumptions of market economics. But can an economic theory bu...
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132,99 |
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New Perspectives on Corporate Social Responsibility: Locating the Missing Link
ISBN: 9783658067939 / Angielski / Twarda / 641 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Providing a timely contribution to the ongoing questions surrounding topics which are by definition subject to varying stakeholder interpretations, this book addresses "the missing link" between theoretical CSR concepts and everyday management practice. It acts as a guide to awaken managers to the advantages of adopting a CSR "mindset" when developing sustainable business strategies. The book consists of three parts: 1) A theoretical realm which establishes the key concepts and rationale for the adoption of a sustainable CSR approach, 2) A practical realm which addresses putting CSR and... Providing a timely contribution to the ongoing questions surrounding topics which are by definition subject to varying stakeholder interpretations,... |
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300,96 |
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The Blame Business: The Uses and Misuses of Accountability
ISBN: 9781780234380 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Whenever anything goes wrong our first instinct is often to find someone to blame. Blame infuses our society in myriad ways, seeding rancor and revenge, dividing lovers, coworkers, communities, and nations. Yet blame, appropriately placed and managed, safeguards moral order and legal culpability. In this book, Stephen Fineman explores this duality inherent in blame, taking us on a fascinating journey across blame's sometimes bitter--sometimes just--landscape. Fineman focuses on blame's roots and enduring manifestations, from the witch hunts of the past to today's more buttoned-up...
Whenever anything goes wrong our first instinct is often to find someone to blame. Blame infuses our society in myriad ways, seeding rancor and reveng...
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76,65 |
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Intellectual Shamans: Management Academics Making a Difference
ISBN: 9781107085183 / Angielski / Twarda / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In traditional cultures, the shaman is the healer, the connector, and the spiritual leader or sensemaker. Today in the management academy, some individuals use their intellectual gifts to perform a similar role - mediating between various disciplines, ideas and theories, as well as making sense of ideas, insights, and research for others. This book, based on the work and lives of 28 very well-known management academics, describes what it means - and what it takes - to be an intellectual shaman. It is a fascinating insight into the career paths and the sometimes maverick behaviour that has...
In traditional cultures, the shaman is the healer, the connector, and the spiritual leader or sensemaker. Today in the management academy, some indivi...
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Philanthropy in Transition
ISBN: 9781137395610 / Angielski / Twarda / 173 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The already vibrant charitable sector in the US is in the midst of a transformation that is altering both the manner in which donations occur and the causes that are supported. Philanthropy in Transition examines the unique role that charitable giving has played in the US, from colonial times to the present. The rising importance of new means of contributing, particularly giving through buying or investing, is considered. These new models of philanthropy have expanded the ways by which ethical consumers or investors can support a cause. Although these innovations represent a revolution in... The already vibrant charitable sector in the US is in the midst of a transformation that is altering both the manner in which donations occur and t... |
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201,24 |
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Sustainable Luxury and Social Entrepreneurship: Stories from the Pioneers
ISBN: 9781783531493 / Angielski / Twarda / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Luxury products are now seen by a growing number of global consumers as an important and more widely available way of expressing personal aspirations and values. Most consumers of luxury products and services use them as status symbols and symbols of success. However, the definition of success - and the way it is perceived by others - is changing. Many of these successful consumers now want the brands they use to reflect their concerns and aspirations. Such products come with a heavy social and environmental cost. Sustainable luxury is about rediscovering the old meaning of luxury - a...
Luxury products are now seen by a growing number of global consumers as an important and more widely available way of expressing personal aspirations ...
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704,38 |
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Change Management in Der Sozialwirtschaft
ISBN: 9783824408306 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 97 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Der Band versammelt bei einer Fachtagung im Rahmen der Norddeutschen Sozialwirtschaftsmesse in Kiel entstandene Aufsatze. Im Mittelpunkt stehen folgende Themen: Marktentwicklung und Organisationswandel in der Sozialwirtschaft, Personalentwicklung im NPO-Sektor, Case Management als Change Management, Change Management in Organisationen zur Rehabilitation behinderter Menschen, Gender Management und integratives Change Management in padagogischen Institutionen."
Der Band versammelt bei einer Fachtagung im Rahmen der Norddeutschen Sozialwirtschaftsmesse in Kiel entstandene Aufsatze. Im Mittelpunkt stehen folgen...
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282,12 |
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Changing the Food Game: Market Transformation Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture
ISBN: 9781783532315 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By 2050, the world's population is estimated to grow to 10 billion. To feed everyone, we will have to double our food production, and produce more food in the next 40 years than in the last 6,000 years combined. Changing the Food Game shows how our present food production system cannot support this growth. In this prescient book, Lucas Simons argues that the biggest challenge for our generation can only be solved by effective market transformation to achieve sustainable agriculture and food production.
Lucas Simons explains clearly how we have created a production and... By 2050, the world's population is estimated to grow to 10 billion. To feed everyone, we will have to double our food production, and produce more foo...
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704,38 |
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Corporate Social Responsibility in the Digital Age
ISBN: 9781784415822 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over the past half century, corporate social responsibility has become an important concept in management, marketing and communication literature. In the past twenty years a visible shift has been made into what was written about CSR: a move away from the financial benefits derived from such activities towards reputational impact, stakeholder relationships and communication with a wide range of audiences being noted. With social and digital media reshaping the way in which business is conducted, and with the number of companies embracing the new social medium for their marketing and...
Over the past half century, corporate social responsibility has become an important concept in management, marketing and communication literature. In ...
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475,50 |