Workplace Ethics

Real wages have stagnated or declined for most workers, job insecurity has increased, and retirement income is uncertain. Why have jobs gotten so much worse? As Peter Cappelli argues, these issues and others stem from the logic of financial accounting and its fundamental flaws in dealing with human capital. Financial accounting views employee costs as fixed costs that cannot be reduced and fails to account for the costs of bad employees and poor management. The simple goal of today's executives is to drive down employment costs, even if it raises costs elsewhere.

In Part 1, I talk generally about compliance and ethics, often through personal and professional stories and metaphors that illustrate important lessons I’ve learned over my 40-year career, from my early days at the Federal Reserve (before compliance was a well-known function) through my years as a chief compliance officer for some of the biggest companies in the world. My goal is to enlighten board members, as well as current, and especially, future compliance and ethics officers.

Exception to the Rule links ancient wisdom with contemporary science on high performance, teamwork, and engagement. Building an organizational culture based on classical virtues - of trust, compassion, courage, justice, wisdom, temperance and hope - is both strategically smart and a better way to live. Exception to the Rule walks you through the steps of helping everyone in your organization focus on character defined by virtue.

How is society being reshaped by the continued diffusion and increasing centrality of the internet in everyday life and work? Society and the Internet provides key information for students, scholars, and those interested in understanding the interactions of the Internet and society. This multidisciplinary collection of theoretically and empirically anchored chapters addresses the big questions about one of the most significant technological transformations of this century, through a diversity of data, methods, theories, and approaches.

私は、ユニクロの驚異的な成長を支え、他との決定的なプレゼンスの差を生み出している理由は、創業当初から柳井正社長が抱いていた「社会に良いことをする」という志にあると思っている。人々の共感を得続けなければ、成長を続けることはできない。服を作って売ることを通して、社会に良いことをしようと考えた創業者柳井正社長の志が、従業員にも外部パートナーにも伝播し、その共感が製品にも店舗にもサービスにも表れている。

In Kind by Michael G. Neece offers valuable insights for those seeking to achieve career success and create a better future, both at work and in the world.

Are you ready to conquer the ever-evolving world of work and secure the top talent your organization needs? In a time when attracting and retaining high-quality employees is growing more difficult and the dynamics of the modern workplace are constantly shifting, are you well-prepared to win the battle for top talent? Scott Rupp's "I QUIT! Winning The War For Top Talent" is your comprehensive guide to navigating this turbulent terrain.

少子高齢化と長寿化の進行は、人生100年時代と呼ばれる環境の変化をもたらした。労働力調査によれば、2021年の労働力人口は日本の職場の3割以上が55歳以上の労働者で占められていることを示している。

"Der Unternehmer sieht Chancen, die andere nicht sehen. Er überwindet die Angst vor dem Neuen", sagte einst der Schweizer Unternehmer Branco Weiss. Mut und eine gute Idee mögen die wichtigsten Voraussetzungen für eine Existenzgründung sein, Erfolg garantieren sie nicht. Mittelständische Unternehmen sind der Motor der Wirtschaft, sie schaffen nachhaltig Arbeitsplätze und tragen letztendlich zum Wohlstand einer Gesellschaft bei.

「察しのいい人」が無意識にやっている、本質を「理解」するステップを明確にし、そのスキルが身につくエクササイズを解説した一冊。

As a business leader, you spend much of your time dedicated to guiding the growth of your company. This step-by-step guide gives you tools to apply the same focus to improving the lives around you, by igniting your company’s purpose into action. This audiobook helps chart your course to leaving a legacy of impact and using your company’s powers for good.

As night settled on April 20, 2010, a series of explosions rocked Deepwater Horizon, the immense semisubmersible drilling platform leased by British Petroleum, located 40 miles off the Louisiana coast. Exhaustively researched and documented, Drowning in Oil is the first in-depth examination of how a lack of corporate responsibility and government oversight led to the biggest offshore oil spill in US history. It is an objective, definitive account of the energy industry and BP's pursuit of profit at any cost.

Corporate whistle-blowers save lives, prevent fraud, and preserve the environment. But these results come through a long, difficult, draining, and, often, frightening process that leads many unprepared would-be whistle-blowers to give up. Fortunately, they now have the support they need. This unprecedented and authoritative guide covers every step of the process - finding information to support your claims, determining whom to blow the whistle to, dealing with attacks from opponents, enlisting allies, understanding the law, and more.

Sustainable Business in Iowa provides a simple framework for any professional who is committed to environmental and social performance but who feels stuck and unsure of where to go next.

A generation of people around the world, from Boston to Bangkok, from New York to New Delhi, are making everyday choices in ways that defy traditional logic. They are judging where and how their clothes were made, not just how they fit. They are thinking global but buying local. They are spending their money and their time, forming loyalties, casting votes, and even enjoying entertainment based increasingly upon their desire to make a positive impact on others and the world around them.

The best military transition field manual. A no-nonsense process for any transitioning military member that is based on real experiences. This audiobook is a true guide for what you need to know, not what an ACAP or TAP instructor has in their script

Consumers are demanding better corporate behavior, and an increasing number of executives are eager to make their organizations more of a force for good. But corporations can't act in responsible ways if no "tree-huggers" are working inside the system to lead the effort.

Businesses have a big role to play in a capitalist society. They can tip the scales toward the benefit of the few, with toxic side effects for all, or they can guide us toward better, more equitable long-term solutions. Christopher Marquis tells the story of the rise of a new corporate form - the B Corporation. These companies undergo a rigorous certification process, overseen by the B Lab, and commit to putting social benefits, the rights of workers, community impact, and environmental stewardship on equal footing with financial shareholders.

The essential guide to creating an honest, ethical workplace culture in any industry.

In Making Money Moral: How a New Wave of Visionaries Is Linking Purpose and Profit, authors Judith Rodin and Saadia Madsbjerg explore a burgeoning movement of bold and ambitious innovators. These trailblazers are unlocking private-sector investments in new ways to solve global problems, from environmental challenges to social issues such as poverty and inequality. They are earning great returns and reimagining capitalism in the process.