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Heart of A Business Ethic
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Heart of A Business Ethic Paperback - 2005

by Foreword by William C. Pollard; Contribution by Warren Bennis; Contribution by C. William Pollard

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From the publisher

Over the past several years a cascade of corporate scandals have erupted. Savings and provisions for retirement have shrunk drastically. Jobs have been lost. One of the world's largest and best-known accounting firms is gone. Ordinary people have been hurt and they have lost confidence in business leaders. The on-going public debate over business ethics and corporate reform points to one common conclusion: Things cannot be corrected by simply adding more laws and new rules. The solution will come from high moral leadership.

The Heart of A Business Ethic is based on the Hansen-Wessner Lectureship Series established by the ServiceMaster Foundation to consider the source of moral authority and ethical behavior in business. The eight lectures in this series were presented at major universities in the U.S. and Britain, and brought together some of the most distinguished business experts of our time. What they have to say is important for business teachers and students, and business leaders at every level.
The scandals at Enron, Tyco and others have generated many books on business ethics, but none offer the expertise or breadth of thinking that this volume does. The Heart of A Business Ethic is useful to professors, students, and practitioners who not only want to understand what has happened, but who also want to think through the basis for a new standard of morality in business.

Details

  • Title Heart of A Business Ethic
  • Author Foreword by William C. Pollard; Contribution by Warren Bennis; Contribution by C. William Pollard
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 224
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University Press of America
  • Publication date 2005-09-08
  • Features Index
  • ISBN 9780761831884 / 0761831886
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.6 x 6.22 x 0.49 in (21.84 x 15.80 x 1.24 cm)
  • Category Business / Economics / Finance
  • Library of Congress subjects Business ethics
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2005930958
  • Dewey Decimal Code 174.4

About the author

C. William Pollard is Chairman Emeritus of The ServiceMaster Company. He is a graduate of Wheaton College and received a J.D. from the Northwestern University School of Law. He is the author of the best-selling book, The Soul of the Firm and was the 2004 recipient of the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh Award for Business Ethics at Notre Dame.

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