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1) Ethics for capitalists: a systematic approach to business ethics, competition, and market failure
Author
Publisher
Friesen Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Ethics for Capitalists offers a powerful new statement of the Market Failures Approach to business ethics. While the competitive context of the market economy provides economic actors greater freedom to pursue their interests, it also imposes moral constraints on the range of strategies they may employ. The pursuit of profit must be consistent with the overall objective of market institutions, which is to promote efficiency in the production and...
Author
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A remarkable turnaround by a leader with a remarkable philosophy: Find your noble purpose. Put people at the center. Unleash human magic. "It was Fall in Minnesota. It was getting cold and we were supposed to die." This is how Hubert Joly describes the early, dark days as CEO of Best Buy, a job most thought he was crazy to accept. Amazon was tearing a disruptive path through retail, but in the face of that existential threat Joly did something remarkable:...
Author
Publisher
World Scientific
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Since the first edition of Who Shall Live? (1974), over 100,000 students, teachers, physicians, and general readers from more than a dozen fields have found this book to be a reader-friendly, authoritative introduction to economic concepts applied to health and medical care. Health care is by far the largest industry in the United States. It is three times larger than education and five times as large as national defense. In 2001, Americans spent...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A warm, personal guide to building a strong ethical and moral compass in the midst of today's confusing, scary, global problems. The moral challenges of today are unfamiliar in the history of philosophy. Climate change is the paradigm example of what Travis Rieder calls "The Puzzle" in the way your choices can seem at odds with what the planet urgently needs. How do we decide the right thing to do in the face of a massive collective challenge? Should...
11) Cyborg
Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Using the non-human construct of the cyborg, this book address the problems inherent in difference and oppression, like gender, race, class, disability, sexuality, human exceptionalism and global borders"--
Author
Series
Choose your consequence volume 3
Publisher
Libertas Press
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
"It's a perfect day for a game of baseball, and the Tuttle twins are determined to finally beat the rival team from the neighborhood. The game-winning home run from Emily gets them what they want ... along with a whole lot of trouble they could never have expected. Can they figure out how to make things right with the owners of the broken window? What if they get help from you? You're there every step of the way as the twins face scheming salesmen,...
Author
Series
Choose your consequence volume 4
Publisher
Libertas Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"Dennis Forde, Secretary of State, has died, and the Tuttle Twins are headed for the funeral. Little do they know the opportunities - for good and bad -- that will come from this event. Aunt Cathy - Mom's sister - worked for Forde and has a big decision to make. Will she try to replace him? A millionaire businessman wants to run for Senate. And both of them want to tap into that Tuttle Twins power. do they have what it takes to win? Do you?."--Back...
Author
Publisher
Harper One
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhists and the cartoonist and award-winning author of MUTTS join forces to call for a Compassionate Revolution that encourages everyone to work together to heal our relationships with each other and with the planet.
20) Hang in there!
Author
Series
Publisher
Abrams Appleseed, an imprint of ABRAMS
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
One thing after another goes wrong on Cat's cat-astrophic day--but with reassuring support from her friends and a paws-itive outlook, she just may be able to keep things in purr-spective.
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