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Serving Two Masters?: Reflections on God and Profit: C. William Pollard

Review
“What a wonderful book. Read it!” — Ken Blanchard, Co-author The One Minute Manager and The Secret Ken Blanchard, Co-author The One Minute Manager and The Secret
William Pollard draws upon his spiritual and practical insights––and those of other business and [...]

The Foundations of Bioethics: H. Tristram Engelhardt

From Library Journal
This book on bioethics offers a useful, relatively detailed discussion of the principles of autonomy, beneficence, justice; of the concepts of personhood, disease, confidentiality; and of issues such as abortion, infanticide, and the allocation of health care. Insofar as the book discusses ethical theory, [...]

A Million Is Not Enough: How to Retire with the Money You’ll Need: Michael Farr, P.J. O’Rourke, Gary Brozek

The million-dollar question is this: do you have at least $1 million in liquid assets to support yourself during the 20+ years most of us can expect to live after we’ve stopped drawing a regular paycheck? And if not…how can you get started today to meet that goal?THE MILLION-DOLLAR MISSION outlines the [...]

Hidden Financial Risk: Understanding Off Balance Sheet Accounting: J. Edward Ketz

Review
“Ketz discussion is fascinating, although all too useful to future scamsters wanting to find out just how those clever guys at Enron did it.” (UPI Business and Economics, August 11, 2003)
“Ketz’ discussion is fascinating, although all too useful to future scamsters wanting to find out [...]

Spiritual Capital: Wealth We Can Live by: Danah Zohar, Ian Marshall

Spiritual Capital presents a new vision of capitalist society that transcends the greed, materialism, and meaninglessness so rampant today. It offers an idea of wealth, profit, and capital that’s about more than simply money. “Profit,” under this system, would be not merely for private gain but would be used in part for [...]

Work and Integrity: The Crisis and Promise of Professionalism in America (JB-Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching): William M. Sullivan

From Library Journal
Sullivan examines the historical role of professionals in American society, pointing out that the professions have been affected and changed by new work patterns. He argues that, given increasing global interdependence coupled with emerging information technology, professionals in the public and private sector must [...]

Fair Play: Steven Landsburg

From Kirkus Reviews
Another collection of brash, intelligent essays on economics by the author of The Armchair Economist (1993). Landsburg, a columnist for the online magazine Slate, turns his hand to demystifying everyday economics, using his nine-year- old daughter as a sounding board. [...]

Pension Dumping: The Reasons, the Wreckage, the Stakes for Wall Street: Fran Hawthorne

Pension plans in America no longer represent commitments that financially troubled companies will honor. Neither bankruptcy courts, nor Washington, nor unions have the clout to make them do so. The disposition of these plans is instead left to serve the needs of big investors. Often these investors are a company’s best hope [...]

The Ethical Challenge: How to Lead with Unyielding Integrity: Noel M. Tichy, Andrew McGill

The Enron debacle, the demise of Arthur Andersen, questionable practices at Tyco, Qwest, WorldCom, and a seemingly endless list of others have pushed public regard for business and business leaders to new lows. The need for smart leaders with vision and integrity has never been greater. Things need to change—and it will [...]

Trust or Consequences: Build Trust Today or Lose Your Market Tomorrow: Al Golin

Review
“..this is a must read book for people who treat this industry as a profession rather than simply a job.. — Public Relations Quarterly
“A superb book ” — PR Week New York, NY October 2003
Offers tools for companies to rebuild, restore, and strengthen [...]