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ACCESS GRANTED - Tomorrow's Business Ethics is science fiction in its literally sense. The book analyzes actual and future technological developments to discuss how these will affect tomorrow's business reality and its impact on the human.
It is clear that robotization and the implementation of Artificial Intelligence will change companies and societies. This does not mean automatically a shift for the better or worse, but life will be different,...
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La formation en éthique soulève des questions importantes et nous oblige à revisiter nos classiques, ne serait-ce que pour savoir qui on forme : forme-t-on la personne ou le professionnel ? Forme-t-on cette personne en fonction de son milieu de travail et du type d'organisation o elle travaille ? La forme-t-on en fonction d'un idéal type de personne et de professionnel ? Peut-on proposer un modèle de formation à l'éthique clés en main,...
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Higher Education: Planning for College is designed to teach parents, current students and future students about the educational system and how it works. This book addresses the difference between a Non-Profit and a For-Profit Institution, and how For-Profit Institutions have changed the rest of higher education. Holding colleges accountable when they engage in fraudulent activity, and Starting over when your college does shut down, along with other...
24) Ética para directivos y consejeros: Cómo construir empresas excelentes y socialmente responsables
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La gravedad y extensión de la crisis que estamos sufriendo, desde finales de 2007, debería servir para repensar el sentido de la economía y sus fines y en concreto la función de las empresas en la sociedad, y encontrar soluciones justas y duraderas. El subtítulo del libro expresa significativamente su contenido y finalidad: Cómo construir empresas excelentes y socialmente responsables.
En esta línea, el autor pone especial énfasis en el modo...
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¿Cómo es el proceso por el que, quien decide, llega a elegir una acción concreta en un momento determinado? Este libro desarrolla una teoría de las decisiones humanas, que integra como variables de la decisión los aspectos relativos al conocimiento y motivación de quien decide.
Esa teoría de las decisiones constituye un fundamento necesario para comprender y explicar la acción directiva en las organizaciones.
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Today's business world is more cut throat than ever. Leaders who begin with a passion and vision often lose focus. Greed, discouragement and strife set in. A desire for power and money replaces the original heartbeat of the company. As the competition thickens, many leaders find themselves tempted to give up or give in. They attend seminars to get inspired. They read articles and books on how to increase company sales. They scramble to boost employee...
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El libro que el lector tiene entre sus manos es el resultado de más de cuarenta años de investigación y trabajo docente en América Latina, principalmente en el Perú. Ha sido desarrollado a partir de un análisis de la realidad que nuestros profesionales en las ciencias económicas y administrativas enfrentan en su vida diaria. Pretende responder a las inquietudes de los que desean respetar y hacer respetar valores y principios morales en el ejercicio...
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A small book with large ideas, Gracious & Ruthless gives advice on running a successful business while staying true to your values. While gracious and ruthless are two words not usually used together, this book demonstrates how they not only could but should be combined for success. Twelve short, eloquent essays on topics business owners face. Full of common sense and practical advice, Gracious & Ruthless will inspire and challenge. Editorial cartoonist...
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Existe un amplio consenso según el cual los mercados son la forma más eficiente de organizar la producción y la distribución de bienes en economías complejas, el remedio mágico para todos los males de la burocracia y el control estatal. Sin embargo, a muchos les resulta inadmisible que el criterio de la oferta y la demanda se aplique por igual tanto al comercio de automóviles o indumentaria como al trabajo infantil, los órganos humanos, los...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Book Preview: #1 When Brian began his career as a manager, he was instantly fascinated by everything about it. He loved planning and budgeting, counseling and performance appraisals, and he felt like he had been created to manage.
#2 When a headhunter friend of Kathryn's called and asked if she would be interested in interviewing for the CEO position at a small exercise equipment...
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Les administrations publiques ont longtemps maintenu un contrle strict de l'information essentielle à leur fonctionnement. Contre-pied moderne de cette réalité, la transparence, au centre des pratiques de bonne gouvernance, est devenue une exigence légale dans de nombreux pays. Ce changement de paradigme a fortement modifié les mécanismes de gestion des organisations publiques.
Ce livre porte précisément sur ce changement, auquel s'est ajoutée...
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Book Preview: #1 The experiment showed that the audience was unable to see the difference between the two tabletops, because they were exactly the same. The speaker went on to explain how the eye receives, the brain registers, and the mind interprets visual information.
#2 The visual illusion called Turning the Tables demonstrates the success of a visual system that has adapted to...
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When Keith Schooley took a job with one of the largest, most respected securities firms on Wall Street, he had high hopes for a successful career in finance. He was proud to work for a company of such high integrity as Merrill Lynch. It didn't take long, however, for Schooley to realize Merrill Lynch's well-cultivated reputation was not based on what went on behind the facade. The story follows the chronological events that eventually led him to a...
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Business ethics is a staple in the news today. One of the most difficult ethical questions facing managers is, to whom are they responsible? Organizations can affect and are affected by many different constituencies-these groups are often called stakeholders. But who are these stakeholders? What sort of managerial attention should they receive? Is there a legal duty to attend to stakeholders or is such a duty legally prohibited due to the shareholder...
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La Responsabilidad Social Empresarial (RSE) ha sido una preocupación importante desde mediados del siglo pasado, con una constante ampliación y extensión de su alcance desde el ámbito interno de la empresa, hacia su entorno externo.
En su origen, en la década del 20, enfatizaba un principio que no ha perdido vigencia en la actualidad y que indudablemente se ha hecho más relevante, sino tal vez -desde la perspectiva ética- más urgente, a saber:...
36) Change in 4D
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The Personal Change Toolkit
We are, overwhelmed by changes. Changes we feel we need to make to ourselves to be more efficient, effective, energetic, and nicer to be, around. Changes that others inflict on us as they pursue their agendas. Changes to the environments we work within that feel uncontrollable and unpredictable. Society asks us to "get comfortable with change."
Change, however, is a process, not an event.
Change in 4D provides a comprehensive...
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A new industrial miracle is needed in the United States, not unlike the one precipitated by the crisis of World War II. Our current crisis of global competition with lower-paying foreign jobs, coupled with the decline in the quality of education in America threatens our way of life and our American Dream. Freedom at Work introduces new paradigms that can spark this miracle. From replacing the archaic business paradigms that still dominate US businesses...
38) Dividends of Decency: How Values-Based Leadership will Help Business Flourish in Trump's America
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When former executive and entrepreneur Don Sheppard awoke the morning after the 2016 U. S. presidential election, he was horrified to learn that Donald Trump had become the 45th president of the United States. Committed to strong business principles and ethics throughout his varied career, Sheppard was concerned about the role model Trump as a businessperson-and now the most powerful person in the world-presented to corporate America, and to broader...
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The greatest waste in the world is the difference between what we are and what we could become. Ben Herbster, Author At $1 trillion and growing, target date funds are huge, and the DOL has opened the door for advisers to profit. Specifically the Department of Labor tips for target date fund fiduciaries counsel "a custom TDF may offer advantages to your plan participants by giving you the ability to incorporate the plan's core funds in a TDF." There...
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Bill just took on the greatest challenge of his career. He is now the General Manager of a resort which is failing to meet the company quota. He is told that if he can't make the resort profitable, he will be out of a job. While Bill uncovers the many problems, he realizes that the main problem is the lack of teamwork within his Executive Team and the employees. As he works through each problem, he creates "The Seven Cornerstones of Teamwork". Will...
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