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Business and the Buddha: Doing Well by Doing Good
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This book offers the challenge to create your business to "Cause No Harm", along with suggestions about how leaders can apply Buddhist ethics and values in the workplace. I've read reviews elsewhere on the web by non-Buddhists that the spiritual dimensions Business and The Buddha are comfortable to people of other faiths.
Personally, even as a Buddhist, I have mixed feelings about people who bring overt expressions of faith into the workplace. I'm not sure that we should be bringing Jesus or Buddha to work, as much as we should be behaving in a manner exemplified by them and other great beings of faith.
That said, I enjoyed Business and the Buddha. It has launched me on a mission to find new ways to "Cause No Harm" in intention, word and deed.
Personally, even as a Buddhist, I have mixed feelings about people who bring overt expressions of faith into the workplace. I'm not sure that we should be bringing Jesus or Buddha to work, as much as we should be behaving in a manner exemplified by them and other great beings of faith.
That said, I enjoyed Business and the Buddha. It has launched me on a mission to find new ways to "Cause No Harm" in intention, word and deed.
Product Description
All businesses want to do well, but can they also do good? Lloyd Field says yes, and moreover, no business can afford to focus simply on “doing well.” Increasingly, public assessment of a business’s worth must take into account its consideration of shared human values. That doesn’t mean a business can’t or should not compete; it means that investing in efforts to build a better society can, on many levels, be an asset. In this book, Field lays out the guidelines for putting social responsibility, both corporate and individual, into practice without sacrificing profits. Drawing from traditional Buddhist teachings, Field shows how, with attention to ethics, skillful means, and corporate responsibility, entrepreneurs and decision-makers can achieve new levels of happiness and security both inside the company and out, while acting as a powerful force for positive global change.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #775871 in Books
- Published on: 2007-11-28
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 240 pages
Customer Reviews
If Only It were So
This is a brave and insightful book. Field looks at what few do: how Buddhist thoughts can apply to business. He looks at the power of intention( a mission statement should include an intention to refrain from harm); how karma applies to the practice of business( unduly harm your competitor today and reap your own harm down the line); unions are a business themselves and a mirror image of corporations( they must reform themselves before lashing out at Corporate America). Change is very hard but as Gandhi told us, be the change you want to see. A worthwhile book, deserving of a wide audience.
