A better way to think about business: how personal integrity leads to corporate success
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New York [u.a.]
Oxford Univ. Press
1999
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| Physical Description: | XXIV, 145 S. |
| ISBN: | 0195112385 |
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| adam_text | Contents
How to Use This Book x
Introduction: Can Virtue Be Taught? xiv
Down from the Mountaintop xiv
Back to the Mountain: Living Our Values xvii
Why Virtue Is Necessary xix
An Aristotelian Approach to Business xxiii
I. How Not to Think About Business:
Myths and Metaphors 1
Marketing 101 1
The Language of Dehumanization 2
Attila the Hun and Other Business Heroes 5
Better Fear Than Love 7
Masters of the Universe 9
Metaphors of Mayhem, Visions of Civility 11
It s a Jungle Out There! 13
Business as a Battlefield 14
An Efficient Money Making Machine 16
The Information Revolution 18
The Game of Business 19
Competition and Cowboy Capitalism 22
The Myth of the Entrepreneur 25
Abstract Greed 27
The Myth of the Profit Motive 29
The Myth of Altruism 32
viii Contents
II. A Better Way to Think About Business:
The Meaning of Integrity 35
The Virtues of Free Enterprise 35
The Meaning of Integrity 38
Without Integrity: The Hypocrite, the Opportunist, and
the Chameleon 40
Revisioning the Corporation: The Company
as Community 43
The Corporation as Citizen 46
The Virtues of a Corporate Culture 48
Corporate Codes of Ethics: What Are They For? 51
Business as a Profession 54
Business, Merit, and Excellence 57
The Meaning of Leadership 60
Being and Doing: The Nature of the Virtues 63
III. A Catalog of Business Virtues 69
Ability 71
Acceptance 71
Ambition 72
Amiability (Friendliness) 73
Articulateness 74
Attentiveness 75
Autonomy 76
Caring 76
Charisma 78
Compassion 78
Competitiveness 80
Contentment 80
Cool Headedness 81
Cooperativeness (Teamwork) 82
Courage 82
Creativity (Imagination) 83
Determination (Persistence, Stick to itiveness ) 84
Entrepreneurship 85
Contents ix
Fairness 85
Generosity 87
Graciousness 88
Gratitude (see Humility) 89
Heroism 89
Honesty 90
Honor (Pride) 92
Humility 93
Humor 94
Independence (the Outlaw ) 95
Integrity 96
Justice 97
Loyalty 99
Passion 101
Pride (see Honor) 101
Prudence 101
Responsibility 102
Saintliness 103
Shame (a quasi virtue ) 104
Spirit (Spirituality) 106
Style 107
Tolerance 108
Toughness 108
Trust 111
Trustworthiness 112
Wittiness 113
Zeal (Enthusiasm) 114
Putting It All Together: Ethical Styles 115
Conclusion: Looking Forward to Integrity 121
References and Recommended Reading 125
Notes 135
Index 143
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