The Resource The enlightened capitalists : cautionary tales of business pioneers who tried to do well by doing good, James O'Toole
The enlightened capitalists : cautionary tales of business pioneers who tried to do well by doing good, James O'Toole
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- Summary
- James O'Toole, an expert on ethical leadership, analyzes the complicated history of businesspeople who attempted to marry the pursuit of profits with virtuous organization practices. He tells the largely forgotten stories of men and women who adopted forward-thinking business practices designed to serve the needs of their employees, customers, communities, and the natural environment
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xliv, 545 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- The pioneers
- The first business reformer : Robert Owen (1771-1858)
- Man with a thousand partners : James Cash Penney (1875-1971)
- The businessman who "cleaned up the world" : William Lever (1851-1925)
- Kisses sweeter than wine : Milton Snavely Hershey (1857-1945)
- Creating an enduring enterprise : James Lincoln (1883-1965)
- New forms of incorporation and governance : John Spedan Lewis (1885-1963), and John Joseph Eagan (1870-1924)
- Johnson & Johnson's rollercoaster ride : Robert Wood Johnson (1893-1968) and james Burke (1925-2012)
- Great genes : Levi Strauss (1829-1902) and his heirs
- Marks & Sparks : Michael Marks (1863-1900) and the Marks and Sieff families
- The golden era
- Leadership as an art : Max de Pree (1924- )
- Too much of a good thing : William C. Norris (1911-2006)
- Business mavericks : Ken Iverson (1925-2002); Robert Townsend (1920-1998); Herb Kelleher (1931-); Bill Gore (1912-1986) and Terri Kelly (1963-)
- The patricians : Thornton Bradshaw (1917-1988), j. Irwin Miller (1909-2004), Edwin Land (1909-1991), John Whitehead (1922-2015), and Roy Vagelos (1929- )
- Environmentalists, or capitalists? : Anita Perella Roddick (1942-2007) and Tom Chappell (1943-)
- Lever Redux : Ben Cohen (1951- )
- Capitalists of a different stripe: Yvon Chouinard (1938- ), Jack Stack (1949- ), Robert Beyster (1924-2014), and others
- Yesterday, today, and tomorrow
- Looking back : what we have learned
- Looking forward : the prospects for enlightened corporate leadership
- Conclusion: difficile est bonum esse
- Endnotes
- Isbn
- 9780062880246
- Label
- The enlightened capitalists : cautionary tales of business pioneers who tried to do well by doing good
- Title
- The enlightened capitalists
- Title remainder
- cautionary tales of business pioneers who tried to do well by doing good
- Statement of responsibility
- James O'Toole
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- James O'Toole, an expert on ethical leadership, analyzes the complicated history of businesspeople who attempted to marry the pursuit of profits with virtuous organization practices. He tells the largely forgotten stories of men and women who adopted forward-thinking business practices designed to serve the needs of their employees, customers, communities, and the natural environment
- Biography type
- collective biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- O'Toole, James
- Dewey number
- 338.092/273
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HC102.5.A2
- LC item number
- O85 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Businesspeople
- Entrepreneurship
- Social responsibility of business
- Business ethics
- Businesspeople
- Entrepreneurship
- United States
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business
- Label
- The enlightened capitalists : cautionary tales of business pioneers who tried to do well by doing good, James O'Toole
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The pioneers -- The first business reformer : Robert Owen (1771-1858) -- Man with a thousand partners : James Cash Penney (1875-1971) -- The businessman who "cleaned up the world" : William Lever (1851-1925) -- Kisses sweeter than wine : Milton Snavely Hershey (1857-1945) -- Creating an enduring enterprise : James Lincoln (1883-1965) -- New forms of incorporation and governance : John Spedan Lewis (1885-1963), and John Joseph Eagan (1870-1924) -- Johnson & Johnson's rollercoaster ride : Robert Wood Johnson (1893-1968) and james Burke (1925-2012) -- Great genes : Levi Strauss (1829-1902) and his heirs -- Marks & Sparks : Michael Marks (1863-1900) and the Marks and Sieff families -- The golden era -- Leadership as an art : Max de Pree (1924- ) -- Too much of a good thing : William C. Norris (1911-2006) -- Business mavericks : Ken Iverson (1925-2002); Robert Townsend (1920-1998); Herb Kelleher (1931-); Bill Gore (1912-1986) and Terri Kelly (1963-) -- The patricians : Thornton Bradshaw (1917-1988), j. Irwin Miller (1909-2004), Edwin Land (1909-1991), John Whitehead (1922-2015), and Roy Vagelos (1929- ) -- Environmentalists, or capitalists? : Anita Perella Roddick (1942-2007) and Tom Chappell (1943-) -- Lever Redux : Ben Cohen (1951- ) -- Capitalists of a different stripe: Yvon Chouinard (1938- ), Jack Stack (1949- ), Robert Beyster (1924-2014), and others -- Yesterday, today, and tomorrow -- Looking back : what we have learned -- Looking forward : the prospects for enlightened corporate leadership -- Conclusion: difficile est bonum esse -- Endnotes
- Control code
- on1041203654
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xliv, 545 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780062880246
- Lccn
- 2018024870
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1041203654
- Label
- The enlightened capitalists : cautionary tales of business pioneers who tried to do well by doing good, James O'Toole
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The pioneers -- The first business reformer : Robert Owen (1771-1858) -- Man with a thousand partners : James Cash Penney (1875-1971) -- The businessman who "cleaned up the world" : William Lever (1851-1925) -- Kisses sweeter than wine : Milton Snavely Hershey (1857-1945) -- Creating an enduring enterprise : James Lincoln (1883-1965) -- New forms of incorporation and governance : John Spedan Lewis (1885-1963), and John Joseph Eagan (1870-1924) -- Johnson & Johnson's rollercoaster ride : Robert Wood Johnson (1893-1968) and james Burke (1925-2012) -- Great genes : Levi Strauss (1829-1902) and his heirs -- Marks & Sparks : Michael Marks (1863-1900) and the Marks and Sieff families -- The golden era -- Leadership as an art : Max de Pree (1924- ) -- Too much of a good thing : William C. Norris (1911-2006) -- Business mavericks : Ken Iverson (1925-2002); Robert Townsend (1920-1998); Herb Kelleher (1931-); Bill Gore (1912-1986) and Terri Kelly (1963-) -- The patricians : Thornton Bradshaw (1917-1988), j. Irwin Miller (1909-2004), Edwin Land (1909-1991), John Whitehead (1922-2015), and Roy Vagelos (1929- ) -- Environmentalists, or capitalists? : Anita Perella Roddick (1942-2007) and Tom Chappell (1943-) -- Lever Redux : Ben Cohen (1951- ) -- Capitalists of a different stripe: Yvon Chouinard (1938- ), Jack Stack (1949- ), Robert Beyster (1924-2014), and others -- Yesterday, today, and tomorrow -- Looking back : what we have learned -- Looking forward : the prospects for enlightened corporate leadership -- Conclusion: difficile est bonum esse -- Endnotes
- Control code
- on1041203654
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- xliv, 545 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780062880246
- Lccn
- 2018024870
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1041203654
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