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The new business of business : sharing responsibility for a positive global future / edited by Willis Harman & Maya Porter.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: San Francisco : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, �1997.Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (xi, 278 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0585311986
  • 9780585311982
  • 1583764046
  • 9781583764046
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: New business of business.DDC classification:
  • 658 21
LOC classification:
  • HD31 .N452 1997eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction: a call for systemic change -- pt. 1. Understanding Our Changing World. The cultural context of a sustainable future / William Van Dusen Wishard -- Beginning the world again / Harlan Cleveland -- A system in decline or transformation? / Willis Harman -- pt. 2. Predicaments and solutions in finance and economy. The global confidence game / Harlan Cleveland -- Money's demise / Joel Kurtzman -- The failure of the debt-based money system / John Tomlinson -- New mechanisms for monetary exchange / Thomas H. Greco, Jr. -- pt. 3. A Revolution in Organizational Structure and Management. New wine, old bottles: the dilemma of organizational change / Pamela Mang -- The hidden subtext for sustainable change / Riane Eisler -- Corporate accountability: the tyranny of the bottom line / Ralph Estes -- The shift to participation / Patricia McLagan and Christo Nel -- pt. 4. The Challenge of Long-Term Sustainability. Is sustainable development compatible with western civilization? / Peter Russell -- Rethinking development and the meaning of progress / David C. Korten -- Sustainability: let's get serious / Willis Harman -- A viable framework for stewardship / Brad Crabtree -- pt. 5. Discovering the Spiritual Dimension of Business. Spirituality as an organizing principle / Diana Whitney -- Relieving spiritual poverty in our corporations / Barbara Shipka -- Wisdom leadership: leading from the self / S.K. Chakraborty -- A shift in consciousness: implications for business / Peter Russell -- Taking responsibility collectively / Carol Frenier -- Choosing a win-win world / Hazel Henderson -- Conclusion: Getting Down to Business.
Awards:
  • Library Journal Best Business Books
Summary: Articles examine the responsibility and opportunity of businesses to make significant contributions to the future of humanity.
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A collection of journal articles originally published between January 1992-June 1996 in Perspectives on business and global change.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Articles examine the responsibility and opportunity of businesses to make significant contributions to the future of humanity.

Introduction: a call for systemic change -- pt. 1. Understanding Our Changing World. The cultural context of a sustainable future / William Van Dusen Wishard -- Beginning the world again / Harlan Cleveland -- A system in decline or transformation? / Willis Harman -- pt. 2. Predicaments and solutions in finance and economy. The global confidence game / Harlan Cleveland -- Money's demise / Joel Kurtzman -- The failure of the debt-based money system / John Tomlinson -- New mechanisms for monetary exchange / Thomas H. Greco, Jr. -- pt. 3. A Revolution in Organizational Structure and Management. New wine, old bottles: the dilemma of organizational change / Pamela Mang -- The hidden subtext for sustainable change / Riane Eisler -- Corporate accountability: the tyranny of the bottom line / Ralph Estes -- The shift to participation / Patricia McLagan and Christo Nel -- pt. 4. The Challenge of Long-Term Sustainability. Is sustainable development compatible with western civilization? / Peter Russell -- Rethinking development and the meaning of progress / David C. Korten -- Sustainability: let's get serious / Willis Harman -- A viable framework for stewardship / Brad Crabtree -- pt. 5. Discovering the Spiritual Dimension of Business. Spirituality as an organizing principle / Diana Whitney -- Relieving spiritual poverty in our corporations / Barbara Shipka -- Wisdom leadership: leading from the self / S.K. Chakraborty -- A shift in consciousness: implications for business / Peter Russell -- Taking responsibility collectively / Carol Frenier -- Choosing a win-win world / Hazel Henderson -- Conclusion: Getting Down to Business.

Print version record.

English.

Library Journal Best Business Books

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