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1 online resource (172 pages) |
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text file |
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Intro; What people are saying ... ; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Section 1 Changing the World; The Nature of Work; Understanding Ourselves; Preparing to Change the World; Starting to Change the World; Business Can Change the World; Section 2 Learning to Run a Business; Being a Good Employer; The Right People; Hanging on by Fingertips; Go with Your Gut; Section 3 Better for People; Work-Life Balance; Relationships and Family; Better Management; Gender Balance in Leadership; Collaborative Supplier Relationships; Collaborative Customer Relationships; Collaborative Competitor Relationships? |
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Mentoring and Being MentoredSection 4 Better for the Planet; A World Perspective; Into Africa; Feeling the Pain of the Planet; Being Community-Orientated; Politics and Business; Section 5 Better for Profit; Capitalism -- Good or Bad?; Telling and Embedding Your Story; Building Multi-generational Teams; Inward Investment; Section 6 Better for You; Personal Change; Emotions within Business; Finding Ikigai; Ikigai Blockers; A Sense of Achievement; Being People Who Push On; What Goes Around Comes Around; And Finally ... Dreaming Dreams; The B Corporation Movement; Bibliography |
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World-changing Companies and OrganisationsAcknowledgments; About the author |
| Summary |
There's a new generation of businesses emerging. They're working together to make a positive impact on the world by redefining what it means to be successful. By changing the way you work and considering the impact of the decisions you make, you can join them in reducing poverty, injustice and environmental damage by balancing purpose with profit. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Social responsibility of business.
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Social responsibility of business. |
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Success in business -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Success in business. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hargreaves, Paul. Forces for Good : Creating a Better World Through Purpose-Driven Businesses. Bristol : SRA Books, ©2019 9781912300211 |
| ISBN |
1912300222 |
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9781912300228 (electronic book) |
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