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3) The richest man in Babylon: a collection of stories with timeless teachings on how to win with money
Author
Publisher
Ramsey Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Countless readers have been helped by the famous 'Babylonian parables,' hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth. In language as simple as that found in the Bible, these fascinating and informative stories set you on a sure path to prosperity and its accompanying joys. Acclaimed as a modern-day classic, this books offers an understanding of?and a solution to?your personal financial...
Author
Publisher
Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Runaway climate change and persistent inequality are ravaging the world and humanity. Who can help lead us to a better future? Business. These massive dual challenges-and other profound shifts like pandemics, resource constraints, and shrinking biodiversity-threaten our very existence on the planet. Yet division and discord risk undermining our response, just when we need to come together. Global partnership and leadership are lacking, free trade...
Author
Publisher
Aguilar
Pub. Date
2013
Language
Español
Description
For more than a decade, Dov Seidman's pioneering organization, LRN, has helped some of the world's most respected companies build "do it right," winning cultures. Seidman's distinct vision of the world, business, and human endeavor has enabled more than ten million people doing business in over 100 countries to outbehave the competition. In HOW: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything . . . in Business (and in Life), Dov Seidman shares his unique...
Author
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"At the deteriorating Pheasant Run, the occupants keep their secrets and sadnesses locked tight behind closed apartment doors. Kind Leo Umberti, formerly an insurance agent, now quietly spends his days painting abstract landscapes and mourning a long-ago loss. Down the hall, retired professor Rydell Clovis tries desperately to stay fit enough to restart a career in academia. Cassie McMackin, on the same floor, has seemingly lost everything - her husband...
Author
Publisher
Nelson Books, an imprint of Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
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. Entrepreneurs who want a more responsible and compassionate marketplace have launched a new breed of socially focused business models. Partridge uncovers the seven core beliefs shared by consumers, starters, and leaders behind this transformation, and...
Author
Publisher
Conscious Capitalism Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The ABCs of Conscious Capitalism for KIDs is for kids who have big ideas and even bigger dreams, and want to make some money along the way. In this stunningly creative activity book, Laura Hall offers readers twenty-six bite-sized chapters--one for every letter of the alphabet--that will help you to: identify and understand what Conscious Capitalism is and why you want to be a part of the movement; create a business idea that means something not...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Sloane, Ardie, Grace, and Rosalita have worked at Truviv, Inc. for years. The sudden death of Truviv's CEO means their boss, Ames, will likely take over the entire company. Each of the women has a different relationship with Ames, who has always been surrounded by whispers about how he treats women. Those whispers have been ignored, swept under the rug, hidden away by those in charge. But the world has changed, and the women are watching this promotion...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Between school and Al-Anon meetings, Jenna helps Mrs. Gladstone cope with escalating problems that result from the merger of Gladstone Shoes with Shoe Warehouse Corporation, while managing a new employee with a shoplifting record.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this riveting feat of reporting, Kashmir Hill illuminates the improbable rise of Clearview AI and how Hoan Ton-That, a computer engineer and Richard Schwartz, a Giuliani associate, launched a terrifying facial recognition app with society-altering potential. They were assisted by a cast of controversial characters, including conservative provocateur Charles Johnson and billionaire Trump backer Peter Thiel. The app can scan a blurry portrait, and,...
Author
Publisher
Hampton Roads Pub. Co
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
"The rise of conscious capitalism. Coauthor of best-selling Megatrends 2000 investigates corporate social responsibility; finds that significant numbers of companies are placing social, spiritual, and environmental values ahead of the bottom line; and reports data showing that socially responsible practices actually help boost profits. Identifies eight new trends that will redefine how we work, live, shop, and invest"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Ediciones Obelisco
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Cómo alcanzar el éxito y solucionar tus problemas financieros El éxito que alcanzó con su empresa de impresión de mapas permitió a George S. Clason amasar una gran fortuna. El método en el que cimentó su gestión del dinero y que plasmó en este libro lo convirtieron en uno de los mayores referentes en el ámbito de las finanzas personales. Desde que se publicase por primera vez en 1926, millones de personas en todo el mundo han leído El...
Author
Publisher
BenBella Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"There is now proof that business and philanthropy form a powerful platform for positive change. Shari Arison has shown this through her leadership in over three decades of philanthropy and 15 years of running her own global business, the Arison Group. In her previous New York Times bestseller, Activate Your Goodness, Shari revealed the ways doing good enriches the lives of individuals and those around them. Now in her new book, The Doing Good Model,...
16) The common good
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"...Clear-eyed manifesto for re-centering our economics and politics on the idea of the common good. Robert B. Reich...demonstrates that a common good not only exists but in fact constitutes the very essence of any society or nation...We must weigh the moral obligations of citizenship and carefully consider how we as a country should relate to honor, shame, patriotism, truth, and the meaning of leadership...A fundamental statement about the purpose...
17) The Circle
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When Mae is hired to work for the world's largest and most powerful tech and social media company, she sees it as an opportunity. As she rises through the ranks, she is encouraged by the company's founder, Eamon Bailey, to engage in a groundbreaking experiment that pushes the boundaries of privacy, ethics and ultimately her personal freedom. Her participation in the experiment, and every decision she makes begin to affect the lives and future of her...
18) The age of acquiescence: the life and death of American resistance to organized wealth and power
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"From the American Revolution through the Civil Rights movement, Americans have long mobilized against political, social, and economic privilege. Hierarchies based on inheritance, wealth, and political preferment were treated as obnoxious and a threat to democracy. Mass movements envisioned a new world supplanting dog-eat-dog capitalism. But over the last half-century that political will and cultural imagination have vanished. Why? THE AGE OF ACQUIESCENCE...
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