21 Best Business Ethics, Business & Economics Books
Business Ethics, Business & Economics is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Business Ethics, Business & Economics audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 21 Business Ethics, Business & Economics audiobooks below.
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Leadership Offense
- By: Paul Falcone
- Narrator: Paul Falcone
- Length: 3 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins Leadership
- Publish date: March 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4.67(3 ratings)
4.67(3 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.99 USDMASTER EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE REVIEWS Ready-to-use quick-guide to streamline employee reviews, create effective career development plans, and monitor year-round employee performance. Paul Falcone, author of 101 Difficult ConversationsMASTER EMPLOYEE DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE REVIEWS
Ready-to-use quick-guide to streamline employee reviews, create effective career development plans, and monitor year-round employee performance.
Paul Falcone, author of 101 Difficult Conversations to Have with Employees and renowned HR and leadership expert, gives you powerful scripts and templates you can apply immediately to your employee reviews and development conversations.
Along with key tactics for appraisal, motivation, and professional and career development, Leadership Offense:
- Reduces the time it takes to complete employee reviews by offering sample phrases for key performance areas.
- Gives you the framework and language for concrete and constructive feedback.
- Hones your ideas for evaluations and development plans with examples of employee behaviors, strengths, and opportunities.
This handy, quick-guide turns a task many managers dread–giving performance reviews–into a positive opportunity to hone your leadership skills and guide your employees to the path for success.
Accompanying templates are available in the audiobook companion PDF download.
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The Healing Organization
- By: Raj Sisodia
- Narrator: Raj Sisodia
- Length: 8 hours 22 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins Leadership
- Publish date: September 17, 2019
- Language: English
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4.44(67 ratings)
4.44(67 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDThe image of modern corporations has been shaped by a profits over people approach, but we are at a point where business must take the lead in healing the crises of our time. The Healing Organization shows how corporations can become healingThe image of modern corporations has been shaped by a profits over people approach, but we are at a point where business must take the lead in healing the crises of our time. The Healing Organization shows how corporations can become healing forces.
Conscious Capitalism pioneer Raj Sisodia and organizational innovation expert Michael J. Gelb were inspired to write this book because of the epidemic of unnecessary suffering connected with business, including the destruction of the environment; increasing numbers living paycheck-to-paycheck and barely surviving; and rising rates of depression and stress leading to chronic health problems.
Based on extensive in-depth interviews and inspiring case studies, Sisodia and Gelb show how companies such as Shake Shack, Hyatt, KIND Healthy Snacks, Eileen Fisher, H-E-B, FIFCO, Jaipur Rugs and DTE Energy are healing their employees, customers, communities and other stakeholders. They represent a diverse sampling of industries and geographies, but they all have significant elements in common, besides being profitable enterprises:
- Their employees love coming to work.
- They have passionately loyal customers.
- They make a significant positive difference to the communities they serve.
- They preserve and restore the ecosystems in which they operate.
The enmity and dividedness between those who champion unfettered capitalism and those who advocate socialism is exacerbating rather than solving our problems.
In a world that urgently needs healing on many levels, this is a movement whose time has come. The Healing Organization shows how it can be done, how it is being done, and how you can begin to do it too.
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Developing the Leader Within You 2.0
- By: John C. Maxwell
- Length: 7 hours 44 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins Leadership
- Publish date: February 06, 2018
- Language: English
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4.32(900 ratings)
4.32(900 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDLearn how to develop the influence, character, service and vision that it takes to be a leader in every aspect of your life. First released in 1993, John C. Maxwell’s now-classic work revolutionized the way leaders are made. By examining theLearn how to develop the influence, character, service and vision that it takes to be a leader in every aspect of your life.
First released in 1993, John C. Maxwell‚Äôs now-classic work revolutionized the way leaders are made. By examining the differences between leadership styles, Maxwell outlines principles for inspiring, motivating, and influencing others from any type of leadership position–including as a business executive, a church leader, a teacher, or even a parent.
In this thoroughly revised and updated edition, Maxwell includes two new chapters to include the leadership insights and practices he has learned in the decades since the first edition so that you’ll receive everything you need to take a significant step in your leadership journey.
In Developing the Leader Within You 2.0, you will successfully learn and understand:
- Influence – using the 5 Levels of Leadership as a roadmap to influence others
- Character – embracing good ethics, practicing self-leadership, and valuing people
- Service – asking eight questions to develop into a leader who serves others daily
- Vision – including eight components when painting a vision for your people so they can experience it
These foundational principles provides both new readers and longtime fans with the necessary wisdom to help any leader and organization succeed in fostering integrity, self-discipline, and effecting positive change.
Developing the Leader Within You 2.0 will help you transform the way you think about leadership.
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Desarrolle el lider que esta en usted 2.0
- By: John C. Maxwell
- Narrator: John C. Maxwell
- Length: 9 hours 16 minutes
- Publisher: Grupo Nelson
- Publish date: February 06, 2018
- Language: Spanish
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4.32(58 ratings)
4.32(58 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDDesarrolle la vision, el valor, la influencia, y la motivacion necesarias para ser un lider exitoso con esta edicion de 25 aniversario revisada y actualizada de, de John C. Maxwell. El libro que revoluciono la manera que se forman los lideres, yDesarrolle la vision, el valor, la influencia, y la motivacion necesarias para ser un lider exitoso con esta edicion de 25 aniversario revisada y actualizada de, de John C. Maxwell.
El libro que revoluciono la manera que se forman los lideres, y que vendio mas de un millon de copias en ingles regresa para incluir ideas de liderazgo y practicas que Maxwell ha aprendido en las decadas subsecuentes a la publicacion original de su libro.
Revisado y con dos capitulos totalmente nuevos, esta nueva edicion actualiza los principios fundamentales para el liderazgo transformador que Maxwell ha empleado como lider por mas de 40 anos.
Estos principios son aplicables en cualquier entorno que requiera de un liderazgo efectivo, tales como: familia, iglesia, empresa, u organizacion sin fines de lucro. Seran utiles para influir positivamente y lograr resultados para cualquiera que los lea.
Developing the Leader within You 2.0
Build the vision, courage, influence, and motivation to be a successful leader with this revised and updated 25th Anniversary Edition by John C. Maxwell.
The book that revolutionized the way leaders are formed, and that sold more than a million copies in English, returns to include leadership ideas and practices that Maxwell has learned in the decades following the original publication of his book.
Revised and featuring two brand new chapters, this new edition updates the foundational principles for transformative leadership that Maxwell has used as a leader for over 40 years.
These principles are applicable in any environment that requires effective leadership, such as: family, church, companies, or non-profit organizations. They will be useful to positively influence and achieve results for anyone who reads them.
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Homewreckers
- By: Aaron Glantz
- Narrator: Paul Bellantoni
- Length: 10 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: October 15, 2019
- Language: English
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4.22(203 ratings)
4.22(203 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0026.99 USDIn the spirit of Evicted, Bait and Switch, and The Big Short, a shocking, heart-wrenching investigation into America’s housing crisis and the modern-day robber barons who are making a fortune off the backs of the disenfranchised working andIn the spirit of Evicted, Bait and Switch, and The Big Short, a shocking, heart-wrenching investigation into America’s housing crisis and the modern-day robber barons who are making a fortune off the backs of the disenfranchised working and middle class–among them, Donald Trump and his inner circle.
Two years before the housing market collapsed in 2008, Donald Trump looked forward to a crash: “I sort of hope that happens because then people like me would go in and buy,” he said. But our future president wasn’t alone. While millions of Americans suffered financial loss, tycoons pounced to heartlessly seize thousands of homes–their profiteering made even easier because, as prize-winning investigative reporter Aaron Glantz reveals in Homewreckers, they often used taxpayer money–and the Obama administration’s promise to cover their losses.
In Homewreckers, Glantz recounts the transformation of straightforward lending into a morass of slivered and combined mortgage “products” that could be bought and sold, accompanied by a shift in priorities and a loosening of regulations and laws that made it good business to lend money to those who wouldn’t be able to repay. Among the men who laughed their way to the bank: Trump cabinet members Steve Mnuchin and Wilbur Ross, Trump pal and confidant Tom Barrack, and billionaire Republican cash cow Steve Schwarzman. Homewreckers also brilliantly weaves together the stories of those most ravaged by the housing crisis. The result is an eye-opening expose of the greed that decimated millions and enriched a gluttonous few.
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What Works
- By: Iris Bohnet
- Narrator: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 9 hours 22 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: March 05, 2019
- Language: English
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4.18(639 ratings)
4.18(639 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDGender equality is a moral and a business imperative. But unconscious bias holds us back, and de-biasing people’s minds has proven to be difficult and expensive. Diversity training programs have had limited success, and individual effort aloneGender equality is a moral and a business imperative. But unconscious bias holds us back, and de-biasing people’s minds has proven to be difficult and expensive. Diversity training programs have had limited success, and individual effort alone often invites backlash. Behavioral design offers a new solution. By de-biasing organizations instead of individuals, we can make smart changes that have big impacts. Presenting research-based solutions, Iris Bohnet hands us the tools we need to move the needle in classrooms and boardrooms, in hiring and promotion, benefiting businesses, governments, and the lives of millions. What Works is built on new insights into the human mind. It draws on data collected by companies, universities, and governments in Australia, India, Norway, the United Kingdom, the United States, Zambia, and other countries, often in randomized controlled trials. It points out dozens of evidence-based interventions that could be adopted right now and demonstrates how research is addressing gender bias, improving lives and performance. What Works shows what more can be done?often at shockingly low cost and surprisingly high speed.
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Den of Thieves
- By: James B. Stewart
- Narrator: John Hockenberry
- Length: 3 hours 1 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2008
- Language: English
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4.14(12258 ratings)
4.14(12258 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0011.95 USDA #1 bestseller from coast to coast, Den of Thieves tells the full story of the insider-trading scandal that nearly destroyed Wall Street, the men who pulled it off, and the chase that finally brought them to justice.Pulitzer Prize–winnerA #1 bestseller from coast to coast, Den of Thieves tells the full story of the insider-trading scandal that nearly destroyed Wall Street, the men who pulled it off, and the chase that finally brought them to justice.
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Pulitzer Prize–winner James B. Stewart shows for the first time how four of the eighties’ biggest names on Wall Street—Michael Milken, Ivan Boesky, Martin Siegel, and Dennis Levine —created the greatest insider-trading ring in financial history and almost walked away with billions, until a team of downtrodden detectives triumphed over some of America’s most expensive lawyers to bring this powerful quartet to justice.
Based on secret grand jury transcripts, interviews, and actual trading records, and containing explosive new revelations about Michael Milken and Ivan Boesky written especially for this paperback edition, Den of Thieves weaves all the facts into an unforgettable narrative—a portrait of human nature, big business, and crime of unparalleled proportions. -
Den of Thieves
- By: James B. Stewart
- Narrator: Johnny Heller
- Length: 19 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2013
- Language: English
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4.14(12258 ratings)
4.14(12258 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0029.95 USDA #1 bestseller from coast to coast, Den of Thieves tells the full story of the insider-trading scandal that nearly destroyed Wall Street, the men who pulled it off, and the chase that finally brought them to justice.Pulitzer Prize-winner James B.A #1 bestseller from coast to coast, Den of Thieves tells the full story of the insider-trading scandal that nearly destroyed Wall Street, the men who pulled it off, and the chase that finally brought them to justice.
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Pulitzer Prize-winner James B. Stewart shows for the first time how four of the eighties’ biggest names on Wall Street–Michael Milken, Ivan Boesky, Martin Siegel, and Dennis Levine –created the greatest insider-trading ring in financial history and almost walked away with billions, until a team of downtrodden detectives triumphed over some of America’s most expensive lawyers to bring this powerful quartet to justice.
Based on secret grand jury transcripts, interviews, and actual trading records, and containing explosive new revelations about Michael Milken and Ivan Boesky written especially for this paperback edition, Den of Thieves weaves all the facts into an unforgettable narrative–a portrait of human nature, big business, and crime of unparalleled proportions. -
The Humane Economy
- By: Wayne Pacelle
- Narrator: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 12 hours 18 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 19, 2016
- Language: English
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4.11(364 ratings)
4.11(364 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDA major new exploration of the economics of animal exploitation and a practical roadmap for how we can use the marketplace to promote the welfare of all living creatures, from the renowned animal-rights advocate Wayne Pacelle, President/CEO of theA major new exploration of the economics of animal exploitation and a practical roadmap for how we can use the marketplace to promote the welfare of all living creatures, from the renowned animal-rights advocate Wayne Pacelle, President/CEO of the Humane Society of the United States and New York Times bestselling author of The Bond.
In the mid-nineteenth century, New Bedford, Massachusetts was the whaling capital of the world. A half-gallon of sperm oil cost approximately $1,400 in today’s dollars, and whale populations were hunted to near extinction for profit. But with the advent of fossil fuels, the whaling industry collapsed, and today, the area around New Bedford is instead known as one of the best places in the world for whale watching.
This transformation is emblematic of a new sort of economic revolution, one that has the power to transform the future of animal welfare. In The Humane Economy, Wayne Pacelle, President/CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, explores how our everyday economic decisions impact the survival and wellbeing of animals, and how we can make choices that better support them. Though most of us have never harpooned a sea creature, clubbed a seal, or killed an animal for profit, we are all part of an interconnected web that has a tremendous impact on animal welfare, and the decisions we make–whether supporting local, not industrial, farming; adopting a rescue dog or a shelter animal instead of one from a “puppy mill”; avoiding products that compromise the habitat of wild species; or even seeing Cirque du Soleil instead of Ringling Brothers–do matter. The Humane Economy shows us how what we do everyday as consumers can benefit animals, the environment, and human society, and why these decisions can make economic sense as well.
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Purpose and Profit
- By: George Serafeim
- Narrator: George Serafeim
- Length: 5 hours 14 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins Leadership
- Publish date: August 09, 2022
- Language: English
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4.06(27 ratings)
4.06(27 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDAre purpose and profit in conflict, or can both be achieved simultaneously with the right mindset and tools? What are the forces that are reshaping the relationship between the two? What can we all do to strengthen the relationship between purposeAre purpose and profit in conflict, or can both be achieved simultaneously with the right mindset and tools?
What are the forces that are reshaping the relationship between the two? What can we all do to strengthen the relationship between purpose and profit as entrepreneurs, managers, employees, consumers, and investors? Backed by cutting-edge research, Purpose and Profit provides answers to these fundamental questions that are increasingly defining the business landscape all around the world. Distinguished Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim takes readers on a research-driven journey to understand:
- How and why environmental and social issues are becoming increasingly relevant for organizations worldwide;
- The ways that companies can design and implement strategies that generate greater impact;
- The six archetypes of value creation enabled by these new trends;
- The role of investors in driving greater recognition of ESG issues; and
- How we can all look at the choices we make and careers we pursue in a way that maximizes purpose and profit in our own lives.
Bibliography and accompanying figures are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.
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Lying For Money
- By: Dan Davies
- Narrator: Tim Paige
- Length: 9 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.04(411 ratings)
4.04(411 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDAn entertaining, deeply informative explanation of how high-level financial crimes work, written “with verve and wit” (The Sunday Times, London) by an industry insider who’s an expert in the field.The way most white-collar crimeAn entertaining, deeply informative explanation of how high-level financial crimes work, written “with verve and wit” (The Sunday Times, London) by an industry insider who’s an expert in the field.
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The way most white-collar crime works is by manipulating institutional psychology. That means creating something that looks as much as possible like a normal set of transactions. The drama comes later, when it all unwinds.
Financial crime seems horribly complicated, but there are only so many ways you can con someone out of what’s theirs. In Lying for Money, veteran regulatory economist and market analyst Dan Davies tells the story of fraud through a genealogy of financial malfeasance, including: the Great Salad Oil swindle, the Pigeon King International fraud, the fictional British colony of Poyais in South America, the Boston Ladies’ Deposit Company, the Portuguese Banknote Affair, Theranos, and the Bre-X scam. Davies brings new insights into these schemes and shows how all frauds, current and historical, belong to one of four categories (“long firm,” counterfeiting, control fraud, and market crimes) and operate on the same basic principles. The only elements that change are the victims, the scammers, and the terminology.
Revealing some of the most famous frauds of the modern age, Davies explains how fraud has shaped the entire development of the modern world economy. For those “who like their true-crime stories laced with economics will enjoy these forays into the dark side” (Kirkus Reviews) this is a gripping and vivid look at modern market societies. -
People Over Profit
- By: Dale Partridge
- Length: 3 hours 5 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins Leadership
- Publish date: May 05, 2015
- Language: English
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4.01(864 ratings)
4.01(864 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.99 USDSerial entrepreneur and business visionary Dale Partridge reveals seven core beliefs that create success by putting people first. Every day major headlines tell the story of a new and better American marketplace. Established corporations have begunSerial entrepreneur and business visionary Dale Partridge reveals seven core beliefs that create success by putting people first.
Every day major headlines tell the story of a new and better American marketplace. Established corporations have begun reevaluating the quality of their products, the ethics of their supply chain, and how they can give back by donating a portion of their profit to meaningful causes. Meanwhile, millions of entrepreneurs who want a more responsible and compassionate marketplace have launched a new breed of socially focused business models.
Sevenly founder Dale Partridge uncovers the seven core beliefs shared by consumers, starters, and leaders behind this transformation. These beliefs have enabled Dale to build a multimillion-dollar company that is revolutionizing the marketplace
In People Over Profit, Partridge will help you realize:
- People matter
- Truth wins
- Transparency frees
- Authenticity attracts
- Quality speaks
- Generosity returns
- Courage sustains
Partridge believes these beliefs are the secret to creating a sustainable world that values honesty over deception, transparency over secrecy, authenticity over hype, and ultimately, people over profit.
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Effective Hiring
- By: Paul Falcone
- Narrator: Paul Falcone
- Length: 3 hours 37 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins Leadership
- Publish date: March 01, 2022
- Language: English
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4(3 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.99 USDPUT THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN PLACE THE FIRST TIME with the help of scripts, templates, and tools you can apply immediately, from the leading voice in HR expertise. Paul Falcone, author for 101 Tough Conversations to Have with Your Employees and renownedPUT THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN PLACE THE FIRST TIME with the help of scripts, templates, and tools you can apply immediately, from the leading voice in HR expertise.
Paul Falcone, author for 101 Tough Conversations to Have with Your Employees and renowned hiring, performance management, and leadership development expert, walks you through the challenges you’ll face during the interviewing, hiring, and onboarding process.
This quick guide to Effective Hiring:
- Offers new interpretations of candidate responses to the most often used interview questions.
- Identifies red flags in the candidate assessment process, such as unrelated responses to questions that delay getting to the answer to your question.
- Provides leaders who often struggle to meet crucial HR demands with simple tools to guide them through effective interviewing, hiring, and onboarding.
Getting the best employees on board is one of the most crucial and difficult jobs of leaders and human resources professionals. This book provides quick, reliable information on how to hire effectively.
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The Dictatorship of Woke Capital
- By: Stephen R. Soukup
- Narrator: Bob Souer
- Length: 6 hours 26 minutes
- Publisher: Black Hills Audiobooks, LLC
- Publish date: February 25, 2021
- Language: English
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3.99(66 ratings)
3.99(66 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDFor the better part of a century, the Left has been waging a slow, methodical battle for control of the institutions of Western Civilization. During most of that time, “business”–and American Big Business, inFor the better part of a century, the Left has been waging a slow, methodical battle for control of the institutions of Western Civilization. During most of that time, “business”–and American Big Business, in particular–remained the last redoubt for those who believed in free people, free markets, and the criticality of private property. Over the past two decades, however, that’s changed, and the Left has taken its long march to the last remaining non-leftist institution. Over the course of the last two years or so, a small handful of politicians on the Right–Senators Tom Cotton, Marco Rubio, and Josh Hawley, to name three–have begun to sense that something is wrong with American business and have sought to identify the problem and offer solutions to rectify it. While the attention of high-profile politicians to the issue is welcome, to date the solutions they have proposed are inadequate, for a variety of reasons, including a failure to grasp the scope of the problem, failure to understand the mechanisms of corporate governance, and an over-reliance of state-imposed top-down solutions. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the problem and the players involved, both on the Left and in the nascent conservative resistance. Soukup explains what the Left is doing and how and why the Right must be prepared to fight back to save this critical aspect of American culture from becoming another more economically powerful version of the “woke” college campus.
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Creating a World without Poverty
- By: Muhammad Yunus
- Narrator: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 9 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2008
- Language: English
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3.97(2604 ratings)
3.97(2604 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDOver the last few decades, free markets have swept the globe and brought positive change. Nevertheless, traditional capitalism cannot solve problems of inequality and poverty because of its view of people as one-dimensional beings concerned onlyOver the last few decades, free markets have swept the globe and brought positive change. Nevertheless, traditional capitalism cannot solve problems of inequality and poverty because of its view of people as one-dimensional beings concerned only with profit. In fact, human beings have many other drives and passions, including spiritual, social, and altruistic.
Welcome to the world of social business, where the creative vision of the entrepreneur is applied to today’s most serious problems: feeding the poor, housing the homeless, healing the sick, and protecting the planet. Creating a World without Poverty tells the stories of some of the earliest examples of social businesses, including Yunus’ own Grameen Bank. It reveals the next phase in an economic and social revolution that is already underway and in the worldwide effort to eliminate poverty by unleashing the productive energy of every human being.
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Building Social Business
- By: Muhammad Yunus
- Narrator: Ray Porter
- Length: 8 hours 28 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2010
- Language: English
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3.97(1313 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDMuhammad Yunus, the practical visionary who pioneered microcredit and won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for his world-changing efforts, here develops his revolutionary concept that promises to redeem the failed promise of free enterprise: socialMuhammad Yunus, the practical visionary who pioneered microcredit and won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for his world-changing efforts, here develops his revolutionary concept that promises to redeem the failed promise of free enterprise: social business. Designed to fill the gap between profit-making and human needs, social business applies entrepreneurial thinking to problems like poverty, hunger, pollution, and disease, creating self-supporting enterprises that create jobs and generate economic growth even as they make the world a better place. Partnering with some of the world’s greatest corporations, Yunus and his Grameen Bank have already launched several social businesses that are addressing challenges like malnutrition, lack of potable water, and endemic illness in Yunus’ homeland of Bangladesh, while other organizations around the world are developing their own experiments in social business. In this book, Yunus traces the development of the social business idea and explains its lessons for entrepreneurs, social activists, and policy makers, and offers practical guidance for those who want to create social businesses of their own.
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Blood Diamonds
- By: Greg Campbell
- Narrator: Tom Weiner
- Length: 7 hours 2 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2006
- Language: English
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3.91(1383 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDThe true story of the events that inspired the feature film Blood Diamond First discovered in 1930, the diamonds of Sierra Leone have funded one of the most savage rebel campaigns in modern history. These “blood diamonds” are smuggledThe true story of the events that inspired the feature film Blood Diamond
First discovered in 1930, the diamonds of Sierra Leone have funded one of the most savage rebel campaigns in modern history. These “blood diamonds” are smuggled out of West Africa and sold to legitimate diamond merchants in London, Antwerp, and New York, often with the complicity of the international diamond industry. Eventually, these very diamonds find their way into the rings and necklaces of brides the world over.
Blood Diamonds is the gripping story of how diamond smuggling works, how the rebel war has effectively destroyed Sierra Leone and its people, and how the policies of the diamond industry–institutionalized in the 1880s by the De Beers cartel–have allowed it to happen. Award-winning journalist Greg Campbell traces the deadly trail of these diamonds, many of which are brought to the world market by fanatical enemies. The repercussions of diamond smuggling are felt far beyond the poor and war-ridden country of Sierra Leone, and the consequences of overlooking this African tragedy are both shockingly deadly and unquestionably global.
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How Big-Tech Barons Smash Innovation–and How to Strike Back
- By: Ariel Ezrachi
- Narrator: Scott R. Pollak
- Length: 7 hours 52 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: June 28, 2022
- Language: English
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3.83(6 ratings)
3.83(6 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDTwo market experts deconstruct the drivers and inhibitors to innovation in the digital economy, explain how large tech companies can stifle disruption, assess the toll of their technologies on our well-being and democracy, and outline policy changesTwo market experts deconstruct the drivers and inhibitors to innovation in the digital economy, explain how large tech companies can stifle disruption, assess the toll of their technologies on our well-being and democracy, and outline policy changes to take power away from big tech and return it to entrepreneurs.
Silicon Valley’s genius combined with limited corporate regulation promised a new age of technological innovation in which entrepreneurs would create companies that would in turn fuel unprecedented job growth. Yet disruptive innovation has stagnated even as the five leading tech giants, which account for approximately 25 percent of the S&P 500’s market capitalization, are expanding to unimaginable scale and power. In How Big-Tech Barons Smash Innovation–and How to Strike Back, Ariel Ezrachi and Maurice E. Stucke explain why this is happening and what we can do to reverse it.
While many distrust the Big-Tech Barons, the prevailing belief is that innovation is thriving online. It isn’t. Rather than disruptive innovations that create significant value, we are getting technologies that primarily extract value and reduce well-being. Using vivid examples and relying on their work in the field, the authors explain how the leading tech companies design their sprawling ecosystems to extract more profits (while crushing any entrepreneur that poses a threat). As a result, we get less innovation that benefits us and more innovations that surpass the dreams of yesteryears’ autocracies. The Tech Barons’ technologies, which seek to decode our emotions and thoughts to better manipulate our behavior, are undermining political stability and democracy while fueling tribalism and hate.
But it’s not hopeless. The authors reveal that sustained innovation scales with cities not companies, and that we, as a society, should profoundly alter our investment strategy and priorities to certain entrepreneurs (“Tech Pirates”) and cities’ infrastructure.
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
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New Managers
- By: Paul Falcone
- Narrator: Paul Falcone
- Length: 3 hours 20 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins Leadership
- Publish date: March 01, 2022
- Language: English
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3.8(8 ratings)
3.8(8 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.99 USDMASTER YOUR ROLE AS AN EFFECTIVE MANAGER An accessible and practical quick-guide that will help you develop your skills as a manager from Paul Falcone, author of 101 Difficult Conversations to Have With Your Employees and renowned HR and leadershipMASTER YOUR ROLE AS AN EFFECTIVE MANAGER
An accessible and practical quick-guide that will help you develop your skills as a manager from Paul Falcone, author of 101 Difficult Conversations to Have With Your Employees and renowned HR and leadership expert.
Being a good manager is not a natural skill for anyone, but it’s an easy-to-learn discipline that will allow you to develop a strong team and create an environment that amplifies the skills of everyone on your team. This book breaks down the basics of each aspect that new managers struggle with most.
New Managers covers key leadership topics facing any manager, including:
- Coaching and Mentoring Employees
- Inspiring Employee Engagement
- Fostering Teamwork to Encourage Innovation
- Mastering the Art of Active Listening
- Becoming an Effective Communicator
- Establishing Key Metrics to Drive Business Forward
- How to Create a Positive Relationship Between Yourself and HR
- And, Much More
This quick-guide is an indispensable resource that will guide managers of all levels in becoming their team’s favorite boss.
Accompanying templates are available in the audiobook companion PDF download.
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The Simple Art of Business Etiquette
- By: Jeffrey L. Seglin
- Narrator: Lloyd James
- Length: 4 hours 16 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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3.55(67 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDFrom ethics columnist and Harvard lecturer Jeffrey L. Seglin, discover practical tips for succeeding professionally by succeeding socially. Practicing business etiquette doesn’t mean pretending to be someone you’re not. Brimming withFrom ethics columnist and Harvard lecturer Jeffrey L. Seglin, discover practical tips for succeeding professionally by succeeding socially.
Practicing business etiquette doesn’t mean pretending to be someone you’re not. Brimming with practical, up-to-date tips on minding your business manners, The Simple Art of Business Etiquette guides you through the tricky territory of office etiquette with real-life stories and workplace scenarios.
Become attuned to body language (Don’t gawk at others during meetings or at any other time. It’s creepy.) Engage in thoughtful introductions (Don’t guess at someone’s name if you don’t remember it.) Practice proper email etiquette (Do you really want to be the jerk who sends annoying emails around the office?) Curtail office conflicts (Never punch anyone in the workplace. Never.) Exhibit workplace sensitivity (Listen to your coworkers without cutting them off.) Plus, decode the fifteen most commonly used phrases in business.
The Simple Art of Business Etiquette proves that minding your manners goes a long way toward successfully advancing your career.
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Workplace Ethics
- By: Paul Falcone
- Narrator: Paul Falcone
- Length: 3 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: HarperCollins Leadership
- Publish date: March 01, 2022
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.99 USDLEARN TO NAVIGATE COMPLEX EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT ETHICAL CHALLENGES Paul Falcone, author of 101 Difficult Conversations to Have with Employees, teaches you the leadership principles that cultivate an ethical workplace and legally protect yourLEARN TO NAVIGATE COMPLEX EMPLOYEE MANAGEMENT ETHICAL CHALLENGES
Paul Falcone, author of 101 Difficult Conversations to Have with Employees, teaches you the leadership principles that cultivate an ethical workplace and legally protect your company.
Ethical challenges ranging from designing a diversity and inclusion strategy to creating a process for handling harassment allegations or establishing an employee discipline or termination process can overwhelm even senior leaders. This quick-guide walks you through these and many more critical ethical challenges you’ll face when managing a team and workplace.
Workplace Ethics provides solutions for:
- Facing common ethical challenges in the workplace and offers quick pointers to help you navigate those situations.
- Understanding The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 affects your team and meeting SOX obligations.
- Educating employees how they can foster an ethical work environment at any level.
- Identifying failing diversity and inclusion initiatives and how to fix them.
- Mastering the tools needed to ethically manage your team and legally protect the company.
This quick-guide will help you cement your reputation as a selfless and emotionally intelligent leader who sets high expectations and achieves exceptional results.
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